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Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

#71

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”

The first word that came to mind when I read the new rule was "arbitrariness". I did not expect to be proven right this fast, honestly.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

#73

Wow. PG did not even post any links, he pretty much just said "I have a Mastodon account." And just like that, banned. Looks like now you're not allowed to so much as mention that you use other websites on the internet besides Twitter.

You are wrong about what PG said. In fact, his Tweet included an explanation of where to find a link to his Mastodon account.

Elon has made it clear that these blatant attempts at ban evasion are not allowed.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

#76

Wow. PG did not even post any links, he pretty much just said "I have a Mastodon account." And just like that, banned. Looks like now you're not allowed to so much as mention that you use other websites on the internet besides Twitter.

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Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

#78

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?

Well you could ask paulg, who said that. But use email, not twitter.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

#79

I think Twitter is about to jump the shark. This is insane.

It's been off the shark for two months. We're already to the point we've been judging people still there for having not seen it yet. o.o

Unbanning the alt-right wasn't jumping the shark? Firing over half the employees wasn't jumping the shark? Promoting COVID misinformation wasn't jumping the shark? Yeah, he finally started banning journalists, but he's been making the place unwelcome for anyone who isn't a Trump supporter for a long as heck time.

If you are just now asking if it's going to jump the shark, and I mean this not to be sarcastic or mean, but in genuine hope for the future: Please spend some time asking yourself why banning PG was the last straw for you, and not any of the crazy stuff prior.

Let's make this the last time we let hero worship blind us to the realities on the ground.

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