Re: [VOTE] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net
| From: | Matthew Brown | Date: | Tue, 19 May 2026 02:30:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [VOTE] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net | ||
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On Mon, 18 May 2026 at 14:10, Jim Winstead <jimw@trainedmonkey.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just opened voting for the "Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net" RFC.
>
> The RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove-link-to-x-from-php-net
> The PR: https://github.com/php/web-php/pull/1879
> The discussion
> thread:https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130610
>
> Voting runs until 2026-06-03 17:00:00 UTC. There is just one vote to cast.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
Two data points:
Python Software Foundation is still on X:
- 2x more followers than in 2021
- 5x fewer interactions on the average post than in 2021
Rust stopped posting to X a year ago and removed links from its website
- People still talk about Rust
- Maybe a bit too much