Twitter applies 7-day suspension to half a dozen journalists

Post by afavour » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 3:06 AM UTC

thwoeiuro23432 wrote: post #203

afavour wrote: post #22

So this is how Twitter goes out: not with a bang but with a seemingly endless stream of stories about the little ways Elon is ruining the service each day. Just staggers me that Elon could have just… not done any of this. And yet here we are. He’s had to sell billions in Tesla stock to finance this ongoing mayhem, this is surely going to be up there as one of the greatest examples of hubris in modern business.

Elon has made the rule-clear: real-time doxxing is banned on Twitter. I'm surprised people think creepy stalking is free-speech.

Post by sp332 » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 3:07 AM UTC

tsol wrote: post #211

It's because they linked to the ElonJet site. He said as much; https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603573725978275841 >Same doxxing rules apply to “journalists” as to everyone else

Post by motoxpro » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 3:07 AM UTC

OneLeggedCat wrote: post #82

pigsty wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Elon is certainly awful for all that he’s doing, but couldn’t Twitter have simply told him to buzz off when he proposed buying the company instead of taking legal action to ensure he did it? People up top were eager to cash out at the expense of all the employees under them. That’s equally disgusting to me.

> couldn’t Twitter have simply told him to buzz off when he proposed buying the company There are very few accounts here on HN that will sympathize with such an extremely uncapitalist, anarchist take.

Post by shrimpx » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 3:08 AM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #181

afavour wrote: post #22

So this is how Twitter goes out: not with a bang but with a seemingly endless stream of stories about the little ways Elon is ruining the service each day. Just staggers me that Elon could have just… not done any of this. And yet here we are. He’s had to sell billions in Tesla stock to finance this ongoing mayhem, this is surely going to be up there as one of the greatest examples of hubris in modern business.

pg thread on the topic: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1603572959758663680?s=61&t=... You can practically see the switch flip. I’m not sure he’s openly said Musk has made bad decisions until this moment.

Post by philosopher1234 » Fri, Dec 16, 2022, 3:08 AM UTC

TigeriusKirk wrote: post #93

c54 wrote: post #29

The wave of bans from the muskjet thing has been quite dramatic. It'll be interesting to see if the people who've been lauding musk for his supposedly pro free speech attitudes will reckon with what's been happening in actuality, or if they'll just accept this as "freedom for me but not for thee".

I think he was legit shaken by the incident with the kook stalker and his son. Which is certainly understandable. People need to dial the hate way down. Way, way down. And the rule change was quite clear that linking to the jet tracking was prohibited. That all said, he's gone too far here. And it's an unwinnable fight anyway.