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

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by rsynnott » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:41 PM UTC

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.

The order Proboscidea encompasses elephants, stegodonts, and [redacted, praise Elon].

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by dpkirchner » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:41 PM UTC

sillysaurusx wrote: post #83

masklinn wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Less Will Smith and more Kanye.

I was going to disagree, but then I thought about it and gave a reluctant upvote. Maybe it’s a bit crass, but I wonder if Elon is on some drugs or something. His behavior is bizarre, and I don’t buy the “he was always like this” line. He didn’t seem to be like this at all until recently.

How recently is recently? To me, he showed his true colors in 2018 when he accused someone of being a pedophile because they had the audacity to disagree with an idea Musk had. He punches down, way down.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by 1270018080 » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

dbish wrote: post #113

teddyh wrote: post #5

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

Mastadon UX is really frustrating. Hoping there's a better option for following him in the near future

It's so painful to use. It's such a waste they're winning the network effect battle off of Twitter's collapse. Not that I have a better alternative (open to suggestions).

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by jacquesm » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

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?

Making a Twitter clone is probably moderately hard. Doing so in a decentralized way is very hard.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by kyleyeats » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

intunderflow wrote: post #57

Paul an hour ago: "I'm not leaving Twitter" Guess he doesn't have much of a choice now https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34042993

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Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by memish » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

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.

This is fucking sad. This is just as bad as the old Twitter that banned people for saying things like "learn to code".

Any hope for an improved Twitter is getting tossed out the window.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by asadotzler » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

CodeWriter23 wrote: post #120

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So you walk into Walmart with a Target shirt on and get banned from Walmart for life? Yeah. That's surely gonna happen. Not.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by jamesredd » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

zug_zug wrote: post #176

jamesredd wrote: post #98

I had Paul Graham muted on Twitter. I can’t recall what he said, but it was absurd, and he won’t be missed.

Out of curiosity I notice a handful of Hn users seem pretty frustrated at pg to the point of sticking a jab in whenever his name is mentioned. Obviously you can only speak for yourself, but I’m curious if there’s a common thread I’m not aware of leading to this personal bitterness?

I have nothing against pg, except for the fact that when he said something I found absurd I had to mute him on Twitter. I don’t find propagandist compelling at all and have no interest in reading the outcome of their thoughts.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by watwut » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

rsanheim wrote: post #184

hilarious. after PG was bending over backwards to still give oh elon the benefit of the doubt, still a smart guy, etc etc. this is a complete and utter clown show. elon has shown his true colors, as have the many tech luminaries who still claim the twitter titanic can be righted and make it home after its half underwater and folks are running for the lifeboats.

That saying about leopard eating peoples faces comes to mind.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by Barrin92 » Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

I think we're speedrunning Soviet history here or something. It started with the journalists and the peasants and within weeks we're already at infighting among the party leadership. Paul actually got the Trotsky treatment lol.

In a week or two we'll be engaging in samizdat and try to climb over the Twitter walls to Mastodon while Elon is sniping people from his throne