Other social media sites have been doing it. Do we want to join in?
EDIT: Some people are saying that this is a power that ought to be left to communities… do we have a specific delineation of powers that relegates these decisions to communities? If not, then I recommend that these users propose such a delineation of powers. I would be very ok with this proposal failing because instead we got a more explicit set of checks and balances.
I don’t think an instance-level ban is necessary at this stage, ever since thinking more about it after a similar discussion on a .ml post.
What I’d much prefer to see is a move on the part of users to use alternate methods for sharing Twitter content: links to reputable archive services or alternate frontends for Twitter (I lack a lot of knowledge in this area, but xcancel stuff, whatever libredirect does, etc.), or screenshots. In this order. Sometimes something comes up in the Twitterverse that is worthy of sharing, where pointing to the source is important for verification. But there are steps that can satisfy that without necessarily direct linking to Twitter, or that being presented as the only access medium to other users.
I’d think about this more at the level of courtesy (or good sh.it.iquette, if you will) than a hard rule. Won’t get your comment/post deleted if there’s no community rule but will have someone jump in with a not-direct-to-Twitter link/pic and some light (I’d hope) ribbing.
I support any community that makes it a hard rule at the community level, though. And if it came to pass at the instance level it’s not like I’d leave sh.itjust.works over it - I can’t see Twitter posts anyway, just a log in screen.