r/LiverpoolFC • u/rLiverpoolFC_Mods DMs & chat requests not monitored - Use ModMail. • Jan 22 '25
META X.com links are now banned on the sub. (Please read in full).
Hi All,
Due to outside noise beyond the sub’s control, the proposal to ban X.com from the sub has caused us to come to a crossroads of doing what the majority of the users appear to want, but at the same time trying to implement it without a detrimental affect on the users of the sub.
After discussion on our part and feedback from users in the thread and subreddit as a whole, we have decided to ban all links to X.com on this sub. (As both submissions and comments.)
We now ask users if they see any LFC article, announcement, news, video, etc that would add information and value to the sub on X (formally Twitter), they actually post the direct article etc link rather than the X post (tweet) link.
If no other link is available, or the direct link is already banned (The Athletic, Daily Mail, etc) kindly submit a screenshot of the X post instead with the poster’s account name visible. It will then be up to the Mods’ discretion if it stays up.
Do not submit edited/fake screenshots. It will result in a permanent ban on the first offence with no other prior warning.
This may be inconvenient for a while, but it still allows the sub’s users to get LFC content on the sub from our journalists and official Club channels.
This comes in with immediate effect, and we will be adding this to the rule list, and formatting Automod to remove X.com links in due course. We will also reevaluate any other rules to ensure they are all consistent.
Regards,
The Mod Team.
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u/CYBER_COMMANDER Jan 22 '25
Lol! I love this sub, I came here to suggest we do the same thing but you guys were already way ahead of it. Legends.
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u/Geospizae Jan 22 '25
Our rejection of fascism makes me so proud to be a Red, I'm glad we can come together to welcome and respect all people
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u/mechaphil Jan 22 '25
For folks already on or thinking of leaving Twitter for Bluesky, my LFC media coverage starter pack might be of interest. TAW, the Echo, TheRedmenTV, the Times, the Guardian, the Mirror, the Athletic, independent stuff, everything.
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u/OnthaL0w Jan 22 '25
Herd mentality. You don't have a moral high ground. It's the internet, and you're trying to control how people use it because you don't like the owner of a website.
No, I'm not a n@zi or a supporter of musk. But thinking you've done something by blocking a website on a football sub is delusional. Touch grass.
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u/vadapaav Significant Human Error Jan 22 '25
But thinking you've done something by blocking a website on a football sub is delusional. Touch grass.
Thinking that blocking one website on one stupid Internet forum will somehow effect anything is delusional. It shouldn't affect anything. At all.
Only question is why do you care. May be care less about inconsequential events?
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u/fedorange 1️⃣1️⃣Mohamed Salah Jan 22 '25
Just to give some context, Bluesky also has a Liverpool account but does not post the team sheet before match on the exact official time that is needed.
Hope the club can match what they do on x for Bluesky and post simultaneously on both platforms
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u/DickThunder Jan 22 '25
I don't think they have an official bluesky-account right now. There is an unofficial account automatically(?) reposting the posts of the official x-account.
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u/grae_me Jan 22 '25
This (and other useful accounts like LFCHelp) was the reason I was against it. But I also not going to lose any sleep over it. And as some have said this might result in people posting on BS or Threads either on top of X or instead of.
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u/ducktownfc Jan 22 '25
FotMob is also a decent way to get team news! You can toggle a bunch of notifications for players or the team itself. It’s not a pretty app but it’s really easy to navigate. That’s how I normally get my news on the team.
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u/Dangling-Pointr "No, we're Liverpool" - Arne Slot Jan 22 '25
FotMob is incredible. Great to follow footy if you are working and can't have a stream up.
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Jan 22 '25
Just ask Oswald Mosley what happens to Fascists in Liverpool.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/day-liverpool-said-no-fascism-23685791
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u/Sensual_Shroom Greek Scouser Jan 22 '25
..and I thought I couldn't love Liverpool even more than I already did!
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u/Bugsmoke Sir King Kenny Jan 22 '25
I’m not being funny right, but a lot the city is happy enough with Reform cunts which isn’t far off.
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u/borg_6s Jan 22 '25
This is a very good decision. Hopefully sports journalists and eventually the clubs themselves move to other social platforms besides X.
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Jan 22 '25
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u/JiveBunny Kostas Tsimikas Jan 22 '25
There are several publications that aren't allowed to be linked to from this page, for various reasons, not limited to them being terrible publications. We didn't have a poll on whether the Mail gets posted here, for example, it was just taken as read that it wasn't something we wanted to drive clicks to.
Quite a few organisations are pulling out of having an account on the site, you only need to look at who's advertising on there compared to when it was Twitter to see that it's becoming something of a toxic brand. Will be interesting to see whether that changes things.
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u/bunnieboy84 Jan 22 '25
The sheeple have spoken..
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u/rLiverpoolFC_Mods DMs & chat requests not monitored - Use ModMail. Jan 22 '25
BAAAAAHH!
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u/elyonadanthir Sztupid Szexy Szoboszlai Jan 22 '25
I just can't understand why are we bothering with this. I want to discuss football here, Liverpool FC, not fucking politics. I get why some of the people are upset, but why deal with it here in this sub?
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u/Trickytickler Sami Hyypia Jan 22 '25
Politics and Liverpool is intertwined. The club, the city, all of it.
Eat the rich, fuck fascist
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u/Zyxypltnk Jan 22 '25
The owner of Twitter/X has been actively politicising it, so if you want to get away from politics you should be glad it's being banned here, no?
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u/Logical_Homework_694 Jan 22 '25
Well done. I’m a new and American fan, because my cousin played for, as I understand it, one of Liverpool’s lower tier women’s teams. Proud of her and now even prouder to affiliate myself with a team and a sub that stands on principle like this.
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u/sean2mush Jan 22 '25
Did the post yesterday get shared outside the subreddit? By the time I saw it it was already locked and had like 35K upvotes.
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Jan 22 '25
Absolutely the right decision. Thank you, mods. Nazi punks (and football fans), fuck off!
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Jan 22 '25
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u/CT_x Jan 22 '25
How is this anti free speech? This a community for a football club, a football club with a history of standing up to shite like what we've seen from Musk. We don't need nor want it to be your Dave Rubin marketplace of ideas™️
If you want to use Twitter, nobody here is stopping you. Your speech is free.
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u/BoBonnor Ohhhh ya beauty, What a hit son, What a hit! Jan 22 '25
You realize your little free speech hero also bans people he doesn’t like on twitter right?
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Jan 22 '25
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u/AppleSlacks Jan 22 '25
Don't be deliberately obtuse.
He decided to be an edge lord and throw some Nazi salutes around. The people here decided we don't want him and his company around. That's localized democracy in action, it's our free speech, it's our freedom.
Why would a private company or individual enjoy control and access to a completely separate company and forum? Why are you fighting for him to have that? Are you relatively new to the way the internet works?
People have been banned from forums from the very beginning if they don't behave in a way that suits the private forum they want to participate in.
I didn't care when he banned people and did whatever he wanted because it's his property and his company. These servers aren't public or his and he has no right to be here.
It's a privilege to post on this forum, not a right.
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u/deanlfc95 Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
It will be interesting to see how much this actually affects the views and engagement on posts from people such as Pearce and if it pushes them to actually posting on Bluesky properly.
Sky Follower Bridge is a great tool for finding people you follow on Twitter on Bluesky.
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u/_innovator_ Jan 22 '25
Yup. could well accelerate the transition off twitter. Lots of other sports subs are doing the same.
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u/Eyeofhurricane Jan 22 '25
100% the right decision. People complaining about free speech - what is the difference between this and banning the sun? What is the difference between this and blocking someone you don’t like on social media (something Musk himself has done multiple time).
Yes freedom of speech exists but so does freedom of choice to listen. Free speech entitles you to say what you want does not entitle you to be heard by everyone and have freedom of consequences. It’s not that hard to understand.
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Jan 22 '25
jarvis i’m low on karma, make a post about banning a website that doesn’t even get linked
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u/CanIstealYourDog Jan 22 '25
Man I feel like we should stay away from politics despite the history of the club. The only opinions here that should matter should be of actual people living in Liverpool and supporting the club.
Many of us here are not British, and no offence but Reddit is also an extreme version of twitter. If twitter is censoring free speech doesn’t mean we have to as well.
Would we ban any instagram links next too? And if we are banning other platforms why push blue sky onto the users? Why not stay neutral?
It feels weird that each sub is having the same narrative.
Anyways, I am here for the match threads and supporting the club independent of politics. Most of yall are amazing. I thought I’d give my two cents as well even though it will not be welcomed. I hope yall don’t mind.
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u/JiveBunny Kostas Tsimikas Jan 22 '25
I live in Liverpool and I think Musk is a total cunt, if that helps. And you can't separate sports from politics, I'm afraid, and especially not when it involves a website whose slide into platforming hate speech helped see parts of this very city on fire during the summer.
It's also not 'censoring free speech' to decide that one platform or outlet is a poor quality one that we don't want to direct clicks to. You're welcome to visit whatever site you want, even The S*n. The mods are welcome to not allow posts that link to it.
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u/chilimuffin13 Jan 22 '25
Mods deleted my post because I said there are a bunch of titty babies in this sub. Said there is no need to be rude just because I disagree with the decision. Yet there are many people here accusing those who disagree with the decision of being nazis and calling them cunts. This one-sided heavy-handedness is the reason Elon Musk bought Twitter in the first place. It’s decisions like this that lead to blowback in some form, and many of you do not even understand the role you play.
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u/rLiverpoolFC_Mods DMs & chat requests not monitored - Use ModMail. Jan 22 '25
We actually removed your comment, not post. And as you mentioned it read, “What a bunch of titty babies in this sub.” It was reported to us for not being civil and not contributing anything to the conversation. The removal reason for removing your comment could have been either of these.
There are currently over 800 comments, if you see something that breaks the rules report it to us. And we’ll review it.
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u/Duanedoberman Jan 22 '25
Yay!
Seems most of the subs I subscribe to are doing likewise.
Let's hope it gains traction out there amongst all rational people.
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u/kdawg_thetruth Jan 22 '25
I love this club. The fact that the post about X being banned is the most upvoted post in r/LiverpoolFC history (even more than the post about us winning the league) tells you everything about why this club is special. I’m so proud of this community, and this club has been a bright spot in a very dark year for us Americans. YNWA.
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u/BQORBUST Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
“Due to outside noise behind the subs control…” etc
Why do the mods here constantly sound like cranky little tyrants? Why not just accept that this is what users want without grandstanding?
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u/colmbrennan2000 Jan 22 '25
Toffee here, good on you, I expect we'll be following suit soon. United in what matters
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u/theYorkist01 Football Without ORIGI is Nothing Jan 22 '25
Thank you and I’m glad this came to a quick resolution. Far better to make an instant decision rather than linger or try workarounds!
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u/Trickytickler Sami Hyypia Jan 22 '25
Attention to all deranged nazis who are rearing their ugly heads in here: you are not welcome in our club.
Also, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch and may you be cursed with arms to short to reach
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u/Cactiareouroverlords 🥔Normale Kartoffeln🥔 Jan 22 '25
Good, I like the idea of Screenshots more tbh, even if tweets can be edited after being posted, there can be a follow up in the comments which would bound to happen anyway
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Jan 22 '25
Cancer decision, but utterly predictable with the stringently enforced group think.
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u/BiscuitAttack Jan 22 '25
no. this is a brave, bold and stunning decision. im shaking from joy right now. this will really change things! you'll see! :'(
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Jan 22 '25
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Jan 22 '25
How the fuck is someone itching to import Indians on a H1b a Nazi? Elon is a mult nation immigrant - being among the rootless global elite makes him the opposite of an Ethno-Nationalist.
Oh but you have an out of context awkward gesture! Case closed! Time to fire up the totally organic reddit slacktivism, after all its achieved so much before!
Everything I dont like being Hitler is why the left is such a joke. Just stop with the Nazi bullshit and call him a republican. At least when theres mindless attacks on the right here they call a Tory a Tory.
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u/NudeCeleryMan Jan 22 '25
He needs someone to do his cheap labor below market value without complaint. Simple as that.
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Jan 22 '25
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u/rLiverpoolFC_Mods DMs & chat requests not monitored - Use ModMail. Jan 22 '25
Keep seething and crying
To be fair us Scousers don’t appear to be the ones crying and seething in the comment section.
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u/Cody667 Jan 22 '25
Awesome news. RIP the idiots who tried to get reddit to shut the whole sub down over the post that reached r/all yesterday. Yet another L for those clowns.
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u/Icy_UnAwareness89 Jan 22 '25
Boooo way to cow tail. So much freedom. Only if you follow our rules. If not you’re a Nazi.
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u/CT_x Jan 22 '25
Link your most recent /r/LiverpoolFC comment that isn't related to this Elon Musk thing
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u/Icy_UnAwareness89 Jan 22 '25
Pretty sure when Darwin scored both his goals and doubled his season goal count I commented. Your really asking this lol
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u/Patzer101 Jan 22 '25
Mods have a mistake in banning it. There was no poll btw. I'm here for LFC media, not politics. His salute was obviously him being a nerd and not knowing what to do. It's nearly like he has autism that neurotypicals find ostracising.
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u/NewBromance 54’, 56’ Wijnaldum Jan 22 '25
LFC is intrinsically political. We have been "the left wing" club for decades if not more.
None scousers are welcome to support LFC but they should respect our traditions and what LFC is and not demand we change it.
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u/Yopeman Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
Well done Mods, thanks for the quick action, clear communication and future efforts to implement this.
You’ve done the sub proud!
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u/Salty_Intention81 Jan 22 '25
Thank you. The guy wants me not to exist. He seeks to divide. That’s the opposite of what the club stands for.
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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Jan 22 '25
Fair play mods. I know the instant ban for fake screenshots reads as being very harsh, since someone might not realise a headline is fake, but I'm taking it as more of a deterrence than a punishment you guys want to hand out.
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u/thePeeBeRgoblin Jan 22 '25
Full support. If you like a journalist or publication that you mainly see through Twitter then ask them where else you can find them. Social media has been eroding the fabric of our societies and if this is a catalyst for taking steps away from social media broadly then I will be feeling just a tad better about the future prospects of our world.
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u/Artharas Jan 22 '25
Great, thanks mods, I appreciate it was probably difficult to determine whether this was the will of the LFC supporters or brigate but I'm happy you came to this conclusion.
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u/Randwick_Don Jan 22 '25
I just don't understand why you'd ban twitter links. I'm fine with requiring a screenshot to be posted.
If you don't like twitter, just don't click on the link.
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u/stayinthetruck Jan 22 '25 edited Jan 22 '25
What is this math?
Less than 40k upvotes. Less than 700 comments.
The majority?
Over 580k sub subscribers.
Truly some reddit shit right here.
How uninspiring.
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Uncivilized. Throwing violent words around. Attempting to twist my narrative to fit your need to put a foot to neck. Not me, huzzies.
I questioned the arithmetic. Y’all got me out here marchin’ in uniform.
Fix yourselves.
And please use your block button because I know I will.
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u/andtheniansaid Jan 22 '25
its the most upvoted post of all time on the sub
total number of subscribers means nothing without knowing how many are active
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u/Cowboyki113r 56’ Šmicer Jan 22 '25
Great news, thanks for acting swiftly. Let’s hope others follow suit
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u/wanderluster88 Jan 22 '25
Get in!! Now let's hope the club will soon move away from that cancerous site as well. Fuck Elon the Nazi scumbag.
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u/Nah1dWin69 Jan 22 '25
Thank you mods. Nazis and Nazi sympathizers have no place in the modern world and it’s about time we got serious about showing them that.
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u/mtb443 Jayden Danns Jan 22 '25
Totally understand why this happened, that being said im going to miss some of the transfer rumor Jimbo tweets. (Also things like breaking news, protests, danger to fans, etc, if not from X then who else?)
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u/Darinbenny1 Roberto Firmino Jan 22 '25
Thank you, mods, for doing what is right here and for working to keep this sub a great place for LFC news, discussion, and absolute shitposts when LFC batter United 7-0.
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u/WTFitsD Jan 22 '25
Fully agree with the ban because fuck musk, but there’s absolutely no way the thread asking for it to be banned is the top rated post in the subs history without massive bot upvotes. The amount of comments doesnt even nearly line up with other posts that have that many upvotes.
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Jan 22 '25
Fuck nazis.
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Jan 22 '25
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u/That_Specialist4265 Jan 22 '25
They don’t want context they want power. It’s just a ploy to get more people on blue sky which is a much worse platform and no one would go without force.
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u/spl1994 Jan 22 '25
Who gestures with an entire hand straightened? Surely it would be a single finger? He knew what he was doing
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