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

On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 7:15 AM Ilya Orlov <ilyaorlov124@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. > Just to be clear, Linux Foundation is almost entirely backed by corporations; a long list of them appears right on the homepage. I think Roman correctly stated that PHP currently lacks the same news appeal as more visible languages like Rust & Python. Therefore, neglecting a viable way to communicate with the user base seems counter-intuitive to say the least. -- Ilia Alshanetsky Technologist, CTO, Entrepreneur E: ilia@ilia.ws T: @iliaa B: http://ilia.ws