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Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #618
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...

> Edit: and now he’s asking if he should step down https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16046176439731240 ... If it doesn't go his way how many times will he put up a new poll?

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Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by crazygringo »

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 the reason so few are getting into the thing is that Twitter never showed the concept to be a particularly profitable business in the first place, and it couldn't seem to grow beyond a certain small size (in comparison to other networks).

So why would Amazon or any other company want to invest in their own version of that?

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by willmadden »

hnbad wrote: post #206
willmadden wrote: post #146

He’s on the cap table, right? I bet they got several hundred of you to click Twitter links just from hacker news alone.

That doesn't sound like a good advertising strategy for a well established platform, especially given how likely HN users are to block ads.

Not a good advertising strategy? Really? https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604617643973124097

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by Blue111 »

@dang it would be nice if instead of moving comments and taking off submissions off of the front page if you could instead merge them (in some cases)... i.e.: all those merged submissions would show all posted URLs and comments.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by andromaton »

themacguffinman wrote: post #788
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...

@paulg's Twitter followers seem to have been wiped clean so his follower count is much lower now. Not really sure if that's part of the punishment or if that's an engineering failure.

Also his followees

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by ALittleLight »

fluidcruft wrote: post #768
SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #618

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Edit: and now he’s asking if he should step down https://mobile.twitter.com/elonmusk/status/16046176439731240 ... If it doesn't go his way how many times will he put up a new poll?

First, ban everyone who votes "Yes" because obvious bots are obvious and then re-issue the poll. So many birds killed with the same stone.

Why would you say that? He honored previous polls, including the one to restore the banned journalists.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by krapp »

dorkwood wrote: post #840
michpoch wrote: post #773

It really surprises me how much attention twitter is getting on HN. I must be living in some bubble, because not only I have never had an account there, I also do not know anyone who would be using it. From my perspective I'd judge the popularity of Twitter to be similar to e.g. Soundcloud - people know what it is, but very few people use it.

It was once a really great place to follow developers and artists. My feed was once a gold mine of tips and tricks and interesting projects that other people were working on. It wasn't just for unhealthy political discussions, as a lot of HN posters like to make out. I managed to block all of that out, for a time.

It was actually the best place to follow developers and artists, and a lot of niche communities had a home there. A lot of accounts just posting artwork or ephemeral things. Unfortunately the "lol woke mind virus" crowd won and Elon came riding in on his white horse to wreck it all.

I'm enjoying Mastodon but it isn't the same.

Re: Twitter suspends pg's account [fixed]

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Post by [deleted] »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #523
echelon wrote: post #93

I was a pretty big Elon fan a year ago. SpaceX is/was a monumental achievement. He's gone insane. Suggesting Taiwan and Ukraine surrender, all this Twitter nonsense... I'm shorting TSLA to $50 on Monday.

Wait, when did he suggest that Taiwan surrender? I missed that. He is speed-running the Howard Hughes game.

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