After outcry over blocking links to Mastodon, Twitter announces ban on "promotion" of other social platforms

Twitter today announced it would 'no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms' on the site, specifying 'Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.'

The one of those that matters, though, is Mastodon, the fast-growing network to which Twitter users—especially celebrities and media personalities—are flowing in droves since the site was bought by mercurial billionaire Elon Musk. — Read the rest