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Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by cpncrunch »

rnk wrote: post #61
patrec wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, the new policy against live-tweeting people's whereabouts (with the obvious exceptions) and enforcement of a 24h delay would have been pretty easy to defend, had it preceded the account suspension rather than the other way around.

But it was clearly a last minute deal with no accounting for things like talking about public speakers, concerts. And talking about such things is a big part of what reporters do. So now they can add and judge who is a legitimate journalist. It opens up entire new cans of worms.

As mentioned in the policy, public events are an allowed exception.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by colordrops »

meepmorp wrote: post #67
jacquesm wrote: post #60

No they didn't. Or if they did they banned it again after their new figleaf rules were enacted. You can't make this up, what a mess.

That's exactly what happened - I clicked earlier, and then again just now. It was unbanned then rebanned pretty quickly. This is amazing.

They did this so they could say they banned it due to their new rule against location sharing, rather than Elon's personal vendetta.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by meepmorp »

colordrops wrote: post #82
meepmorp wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's exactly what happened - I clicked earlier, and then again just now. It was unbanned then rebanned pretty quickly. This is amazing.

They did this so they could say they banned it due to their new rule against location sharing, rather than Elon's personal vendetta.

That's such a stupid explanation that it's probably true.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by KyleJune »

jacquesm wrote: post #63
KyleJune wrote: post #52

And... It's suspended again just now.

Yep. I wonder what went on behind the scenes there. I'm sure the next owner of Twitter will be happy to share all that in 'The Twitter Files'. They'll also be a lot more interesting than the present installments.

Maybe the booing in person and Dave Chappelle's comment about the booing being pending civil unrest spooked Elon a bit. His right wing shit posting on twitter reaches a lot of people and many dislike him for it.

I've been seeing a lot more people posting about boycotting Tesla and associating ownership with his views. I drive a Tesla and frequently people bring up Elon to me. I usually just tell people I don't like/care about Elon but I like the cars Tesla makes.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by chx »

jacquesm wrote: post #60

No they didn't. Or if they did they banned it again after their new figleaf rules were enacted. You can't make this up, what a mess.

figleaf it is -- it's not like the position of a jet tells you where a person is exactly.

Might as well ban people posting photos of celebrities at random places, it's way more accurate.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by jacquesm »

mbreese wrote: post #78

Is Twitter actually working now? I get nothing but errors from the iOS app and the web. Edit: figured it out - content filter on the wifi I was using was filtering out some but not all Twitter URLs. It’s always DNS, I should know better.

Works for me. Not logged in though.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by insane_dreamer »

philosopher1234 wrote: post #10

I am fully expecting this thread to be swarmed by HN users claiming this is a righteous upholding of principals and Elon Musk is a pure man free of hypocrisy, with only the thickest skin. Wont stop me from being mad about it, though.

Twitter is a private co/platform so Elon can do whatever he wants (within the law).

Doesn't mean that users (like me) are going to be happy or continue using Twitter.

Re: Twitter has re-suspended ElonJet account

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Post by MallocVoidstar »

Volundr wrote: post #74
mjn wrote: post #11

This appears to be the new policy: https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1603165959669354496

This feels like tweeting something like "hanging out with at " is now a bannable offense? Am I missing something?

It's a hastily-written rule designed to ban Things Musk Doesn't Like while allowing things he does. See also the exception:

> In addition, you may not share private media, such as images or videos of private individuals, without their consent. However, we recognise that there are instances where users may share images or videos of private individuals, who are not public figures, as part of a newsworthy event or to further public discourse on issues or events of public interest. In such cases, we may allow the media to remain on the platform.

So vague it's impossible to determine in advance what's allowed and what's not.

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