Re: [VOTE] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM Ilya Orlov <ilyaorlov124@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM Roman Pronskiy <roman@pronskiy.com> wrote: > > And they argue against the RFC, not for it. > > > > PSF still on X with 2x more followers -- that's exactly the case for > > staying. X-wide engagement has changed: different algorithm, different > > audience, different content. That's not "the platform is worse", > > that's "the platform is different". Lower engagement per post doesn't > > mean lower value if followers and reach are still there. > > This reads very LLM generated, so it's hard to take this seriously. > > > And these aren't isolated cases. TypeScript, Go, the Apache > > Foundation, the Linux Foundation, and many others actively communicate > > on X. The pattern across language and OSS communities is presence, not > > retreat. > > As someone in the Linux ecosystem I can list big community run projects > that did leave X. Like Debian, KDE, GNOME. > I think PHP as a community run project should follow these steps, > not corporate run projects or projects heavily backed by corporations. I use AI for polishing my arguments obviously. The source of the strings doesn't change whether the data points are accurate. Fair point about GNOME and Debian. But I don't see why PHP should follow. "Community vs corporate" would matter if maintaining presence costed us something. Automated posting via GitHub actions costs effectively nothing. GNOME and Debian don't have an unfavorable "you are dead" narrative to push back against. We do. Exactly the trade-off the policy RFC makes explicit. The current vote skips it.