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Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by PaulHoule »

I think people haven't quite gotten yet what's going on.

Twitter fell out of the news cycle about two weeks ago because SBF outdid Musk on "CEO from Hell".

For the past year or so, whenever Musk has dropped out of the news cycle he has started acting out to get more attention.

Reinstating accounts like Trump's did not give Musk much of a boost, so Musk decided to try banning accounts.

Musk will have to find some exit eventually (he can't afford to spend $40B every time he gets bored) but if whatever he does is not outrageous enough to outrage people he'll just do something more outrageous.

For now we could quit posting links to Twitter and Mastodon. I followed a link to those "Twitter Files" and it was so awful to see the first post and a bunch of mindless comments from people who'd just seen the first post. Maybe people who read the whole thing might have something to say about it, but that cacophony reminded me why I say "the less people have to say, the more they are worried about being censored online". I clicked on the author's link and found the story on that author's twitter... Backwards. Reading the story backwards I did find there was a coherent (if boring) story there.

Twitter's ability to drain anything interesting out of content like that is a reason why Twitter would have been a rip-off at $40 million, never mind $40 billion.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by Herbstluft »

troupe wrote: post #541
threatofrain wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From official Twitter support: > We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter. > Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, T…

Musk seems to be indicating that banning it was a mistake: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604616426114932737

Clown shoes behaviour.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by paxys »

andreyk wrote: post #653
jdiez17 wrote: post #547

Musk just tweeted that @paulg will be restored shortly: https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16046164261149327... And “Going forward, there will be a vote for major policy changes. My apologies. Won’t happen again.” https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16046168636732088... Edit: and now he’s asking if he should step down https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16046176439731240...

"Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll." Wow. 50.9 opposed, 49.1 pro.

I just voted no. Guy needs to stay in charge and completely obliterate Twitter.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by kzrdude »

sytelus wrote: post #282
AJ007 wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Finally signed up, seems fine. I think the big problem is if the servers will be able to handle the volume.

The whole server concept is a disaster, IMO. There is no search box for server. There is no information on how to create a server (at least on landing page). A lot of servers require "manual review". Many are "full". I don't know which one of these servers will even survive over time. I use Twitter as my "log" of interesting content and ideas. I rather not put content on server managed by a dude who can be run over b…

Well, doesn't it feel like twitter let you down now too? It didn't get run over by a bus but it sure feels shaky.

At least mastodon has a complete export your data feature available for you, without hassle.

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Post by fluidcruft »

croon wrote: post #251
BryantD wrote: post #207

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Reconcile this with what you wrote: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288

It seems like only an idiot would bother read Musk's TOS. Twitter will just ban anyone for whatever reason and it's your problem to bother appeal. I honestly don't see why anyone would bother. Musk has turned the entire site into nothing more than a circus. I certainly don't need this bullshit drama in my life and I don't know why anyone would.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by tonightstoast »

sc68cal wrote: post #353
Fede_V wrote: post #109

I distinctly remember a prescient thread from Yishan Wong (former Reddit CEO) about how trying to run Twitter would break Musk - and - it looks like it was spot on. He paid 44 billion dollars to be a mod - I hope he is getting his money's worth.

https://twitter.com/yishan/status/1514938507407421440?s=20&t... For those curious

Do I have to be logged in to see threads now? I can only see the first tweet that ends in “Long thread emoji”

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by kzrdude »

sytelus wrote: post #166
teddyh wrote: post #5

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

It's amazing Mastodon is still so utterly disaster. Where are all the startups? Why is making Twitter clone so hard?

Mastodon is not really a twitter clone, there's a lot of features they disagree with and don't want.
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