Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed] • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by elevenoh » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:19 PM UTC

bcrosby95 wrote: post #21

The situation with Twitter has gotten so ridiculous that it's pretty much impossible to comment substantively on this topic at this point. So: lol

No post body was provided.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by Hoyadonis » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:19 PM UTC

openair18 wrote: post #8

teddyh wrote: post #5

For those who missed it, his Mastodon is: https://mas.to/@paulg

I’m guessing he got banned for posting this?

Not quite. This was his ultimate tweet:

>This is my last straw. I give up. You can find a link to my new Mastodon profile on my site.

The tweet itself did not contain a link to http://www.paulgraham.com/, which contains a link to his Mastodon profile. Apparently that was enough to be suspended.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by eigart » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:19 PM UTC

This is hilarious.

I’ve been thinking that pg was probably invited to invest (earlier in 2022). Would be cool to hear his reasoning for turning it down at the time.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by kache_ » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:19 PM UTC

this is so bad. at this rate it's over for twitter - the tech liberetraian folks are getting disenfranchised, when usually, they're the supporters of Elon antics. Wild

Curious to see how other platforms react. Beginning to see a huge opportunity manifest

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by hprotagonist » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:20 PM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #40

ColinWright wrote: post #6

Relevant context: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 : Promotion of alternative social platforms policy (help.twitter.com) * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985 : Paul Graham is leaving Twitter (twitter.com/paulg)

He said in that second thread that he is not actually leaving Twitter.

well, guess again!

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by sytelus » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:20 PM UTC

Ferrotin wrote: post #14

Possibly malicious enforcement by Twitter staff in light of https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288 “Casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme”

Where interpretation of "casually" and "occasional" is left to the Emperor.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by dekhn » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:20 PM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #40

ColinWright wrote: post #6

Relevant context: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 : Promotion of alternative social platforms policy (help.twitter.com) * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985 : Paul Graham is leaving Twitter (twitter.com/paulg)

He said in that second thread that he is not actually leaving Twitter.

No, Twitter left him.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by phoronixrly » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:20 PM UTC

Well this aged like milk https://mastodon.social/@edbott/109536397352268007

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by jaf656s » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:21 PM UTC

legi0nary wrote: post #12

openair18 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m guessing he got banned for posting this?

Banned for posting a link to his personal website (which has links to his other social media profiles) Ridiculous.

I don't think he posted a link to his personal site, just said the link was there.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by IgorPartola » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:21 PM UTC

I would love to talk to one of the people that kept saying “you all don’t understand. Musk runs billion dollar companies, he knows what he is doing. He will fix Twitter” now that this is happening. What is the grand plan now in their world view?