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Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 22:30:47 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net
To: Jim Winstead <jimw@trainedmonkey.com>
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From: matthewmatthew@gmail.com (Matthew Brown)

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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

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, 18 May 2026 at 14:10, Jim Winstead &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:jimw@trainedmonkey.com">jimw@trainedmonkey.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0=
px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><d=
iv><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">Hi,</div><div style=3D"font-family:Aria=
l"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">I just opened voting for the =
&quot;Remove the links to X.com from PHP.net&quot; RFC.</div><div style=3D"=
font-family:Arial"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">The RFC:=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove-link-to-x-from-php-net" targe=
t=3D"_blank">https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove-link-to-x-from-php-net</a><br>=
</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">The PR:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://gith=
ub.com/php/web-php/pull/1879" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/php/web-=
php/pull/1879</a><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">The discussion =
thread:<a href=3D"https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130610" target=3D"=
_blank">https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/130610</a></div><div style=
=3D"font-family:Arial"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">Voting ru=
ns until 2026-06-03 17:00:00 UTC. There is just one vote to cast.</div><div=
 style=3D"font-family:Arial"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial">Tha=
nks.</div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial"><br></div><div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:Arial">Jim<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Two data poi=
nts:</div><div><br></div><div>Python Software Foundation is still on X:</di=
v><div>- 2x more followers than in 2021</div><div>- 5x fewer interactions o=
n the average post than in 2021</div><div><br></div><div>Rust stopped posti=
ng to X a year ago and removed links from its website</div><div>- People st=
ill talk about Rust</div><div>=C2=A0 - Maybe a bit too much</div></div></di=
v>

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