#Twitter Mastodon

Twitter has now banned the "free promotion" of alternative social media sites on its platform. In a new post on Twitter's Help Center, the site stated that they will remove any free promotion of prohibited 3rd-party social media platforms on both the Tweet and account levels. Twitter also said that any bypassing of the above rules, such as spelling out "dot" to avoid URL creation or sharing screenshots of your handle on the alternative sites is also in violation of their new policy. However, Twitter noted that users are still allowed to "cross-post" content to Twitter, even from the prohibited sites it listed above. The new policy is in response to Twitter's recent blocking of users sharing links to servers on rising social media rival, Mastodon and the newest change to the site following CEO Elon Musk's taking over the company. Twitter has blocked a number of its users who have shared links to social media rival, Mastodon. According to BBC News, the Elon Musk-lead social media site has blocked users who have shared links to join some of Mastodon's largest servers. It has also been reported that Twitter has restricted its users from adding links of their Mastodon accounts in their Twitter profile bios, labeling the additional description as "malware." In addition, reports have stated that Mastodon's official account on Twitter has also been suspended. Read more in our articles including "Twitter bans free promotion of alternative social media platforms" and "Twitter blocks users sharing links of Mastodon servers".