[criddell]

> Only insofar as the purpose of the platform is to generate ad revenue.

Well, yeah. I'm not surprised that they don't promote posts containing links to their competitors.

I wonder what the outcome would have been if you had instead linked to Instagram or Threads? I would guess those have a smaller penalty.

[BriggyDwiggs42]

Is your critique that it’s unsurprising? I agree, but the original comment was complaining about how this practice kills the feeling of older social platforms where you could share whatever with your friends.