Linking to an account the PHP team doesn't control let alone can't post to, doesn't make sense, so I completely agree on that point.
I'd argue that either gaining control of the account (ideal, since it's followed by >100k people) or creating a new one and using it like any other platform to communicate with folks who use PHP and X (still a huge platform with a massive audience) still holds significant value. I briefly skimmed through the GitHub comments regarding the reasoning. The point I think is worth challenging is that "There is no PHP audience at all on Twitter/X", I don't think that stands up to scrutiny, a basic search on X shows many people posting on X about PHP, having conversations etc... That being said, the sheer number of social media platforms makes it impractical for PHP to maintain a presence on all of them, although posting announcements via automation eliminates that friction. Perhaps the right move is not to focus on removing X, but instead to focus on the main fosstodon.org, and remove all commercial platforms like X or LinkedIn, which judging by the account's followers (Geo data on Linkedin @ least) implies it is mostly bots anyway. -- Ilia Alshanetsky Technologist, CTO, Entrepreneur E: [email protected] T: @iliaa B: http://ilia.ws
