META: Twitter/X will no longer be allowed on r/NewYorkMets
TL;DR: We are no longer accepting links from X/Twitter with immediate effect. We are now going to allow screenshots with repercussion for fake content.
Our poll is officially closed. With over 1,800 votes, over 70% of the subreddit has voted to ban Twitter links going forward. This decision was not easy to make, but with user input and collaboration across subreddits including r/baseball, we believe this is the best path forward.
After listening to feedback in the poll thread, we are making one break from the r/baseball policy: We will allow screenshots. Posting fake screenshots that are not obvious parody will result in a 30 day ban for first offense and permanent ban for second offense.
This is due to a combination of the recent events and the deterioration of the Twitter experience, especially for non-users, over recent years. Breaking baseball news has historically made its way off of Twitter within seconds to minutes, so the belief is this will not cause a deterioration of your Reddit experience. Additionally, platforms like ESPN are already providing an alternative with their new breaking news updates feature within their app.
We genuinely appreciate your feedback on the poll, it helped guide us as we craft policy on how to move forward and is invaluable to the health and growth of this community. Please continue to provide your feedback both in this thread and future Daily Discussion Threads. As with all policies, if this degrades the experience of the community we are willing to revisit it in the future.
Additionally, we are working on curating a Bluesky starter pack of Mets journalists - we will update this post when it is created.
Meanwhile, here are two options: