Twitter links on WordCamp websites
I have been told that I can post here to start a discussion about it, so here it is For years, I found it annoying that we have a Twitter field in the WordCamp ticket form for attendees (and in the sponsor entry). Why Twitter? and especially why Twitter only? With the recent events happening at Twitter (lack of free speech despite its new owner’s declarations, some journalists being banned, mastodon links banned), I wanted to suggest something that has been on my mind for years: a change in attendees and sponsor entries. We must be aware that the inclusive WordPress community should not keep “pushing” people to have a Twitter account if they want to add a link to their attendee entry, especially now with recent changes there. Of course, we cannot display a series of links on attendees’ page or printed badge, and we cannot have a long link on printed badges. What are the possibilities? ask people to enter their profile.wordpress.org link? or Gravatar? Linktree? About.me kind of pages? problem: not every attendee has a wp org profile or one of the other services I mention let everyone enter 1 freely chosen link that can be a…
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