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Post by Chrshmmmr »

hooande wrote: post #169

Twitter is not an institution. It is not a utility. People can just leave and go to another website. It will take time for a new website or websites to figure things out at scale, both technologically and socially. But people were patient with twitter in the fail whale days and I assume they'll be patient with another service in the future. This guy is running twitter like it's his personal website. Which, it is. But…

According to European Union regulations, it's way more than just a website, let alone a personal website.

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Post by happytoexplain »

kyleyeats wrote: post #658
wereallterrrist wrote: post #448

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do y'all not realize or not care how utterly petty, pathetic, and out-of-touch you come across? Like, you won, your guy is in charge acting like a petty baby tyrant and you still manage to frame as "conservatives are so persecuted". Sorry you can't post Hunter's nudes on Twitter, that must be tough. I love threads like this, with people furiously voting to try and offset the sinking realization as the cognitive disso…

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>Saying we won is a tacit admission that everything I'm talking about is true.

I'm fairly surprised to see this common format of internet-argument fallacy on HN! "You made X framing declaration, therefore you admit everything I said is true." It's pretty patently bad-faith and oversimplified.

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Post by berniedurfee »

catapart wrote: post #656
britneybitch wrote: post #18

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.

I'm kind of shocked that Bezos hasn't commissioned an ActivityPub/federated network (mastodon instance) that obfuscates the decentralization (for easier onboarding) and gives you some kind of "deal" for having Amazon Prime. Feels like Amazon could eat Twitter's lunch here (especially since they, allegedly, run Twitter's servers now, meaning that they could handle the traffic).

I think there are tons of brands that could launch a Twitter clone right now while the dumpster fire is hot. My guess is that nobody wants to run a social media site these days… not even Elon Musk.

Social media sites are a sort of grayweb at this point in history.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by tdaltonc »

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...

Management by Twitter polls (dominated by bots) is crazy. But also, it's somehow not the craziest part of all of this.

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Post by duxup »

britneybitch wrote: post #18

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.

Elon seems to try so hard to show people how he is, people just don’t want to take him at his actions…

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by astrange »

slg wrote: post #386
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…

Notice that TikTok isn't on the list. Seems like Musk crafted the rules in a way to ensure that one of his favorite Twitter accounts is safe from this rule about posting links to other social media.

He has too many business interests in China to risk annoying their government.

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Post by berniedurfee »

timeon wrote: post #486
asteroidbelt wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not exactly free speech issue, because Twitter does not ban based on political preferences/opinions. This is dishonest competition (all other major companies do the same but not as blunt: Facebook, Google, Amazon for example). Twitter could be an exception. But it won't.

> all other major companies do the same but not as blunt: Facebook, Google, Amazon for example I do not think this is true. At least not in this scale. You can post on FB about Twitter or Mastodon. You can search on Google about DuckDuckGo[0] or OpenStreetMap and so on. [0] Even first suggestion for me when I enter the 'd' char.

I believe I’ve seen DDG ads on Google as well.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by pkulak »

britneybitch wrote: post #18

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.

Ah, that’s why I was banned. I had my Mastadon account in my profile. Made that account in 2007. What a shame to have something so important completely torn down.
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