r/melbourne will be banning Twitter/X links going forward

Hello and thanks for your patience regarding this topic: we are proceeding with the subreddit ban to all Twitter/X links. The one exception to this ban is in the event of an emergency that affects the general public and where no other source of information is available, by mod discretion, screenshot posts will be allowed.

We apologise for the delay; it was due to us checking in with other subs (such as r/Sydney who have had a ban in place for years) on their experiences with implementing the ban to ensure we'd be able to get this working out the gate.

We do reiterate that as a subreddit, Twitter/X links are very, very rarely submitted. This is in part due to our rules regarding generating traffic for social media accounts but is also related to how our community interacts with news and current events. The general preference from sub users for a very long time has been towards news articles that provide in depth and verified information.

We will not be revisiting this topic, if there are users who feel strongly why posting Twitter/X links is very important now when it hasn't been for all the years prior to this, they are welcome to argue in subs dedicated to such a discussion.