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It would be cool to see Twitter unban the thousands of accounts I used to follow. I highly doubt Musk will have or is interested in having any real influence.

gotaquestion 5y ago
What thousands of accounts did you follow that were banned? Give us a sampling.
- randyrand 5y ago
  ya, let us condescendingly judge you!
  - ryanSrich 5y ago
    Lol exactly. Not taking that bait. Also, follow was the wrong word. They're all lists. I have 50+ twitter lists.
    - gotaquestion 5y ago
      When someone claims "free speech infringement" and then has no data to back it up they are either trolling or don't really care enough to make a substantial argument.
      - hayd 5y ago
        Are you suggesting there isn't any banning? What precisely is your claim here? BabylonBee is a recent example, and apparently Musk had a call with them prior to him making the free speech poll/twitter purchase: https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1511325246967660547 https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1511325246967660547 (Note: Musk has been on their podcast). Likely BabylonBee still can't tweet (?), the offending tweet is still down: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1505288002746175494 https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1505288002746175494, also this one is word-for-word the same and up: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1503825449285300228 https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1503825449285300228. Makes no sense.
  - VerminOctopus1 5y ago
    It is genuinely interesting to me. All of the uproar about “free speech” has been confusing to me. Who are these people being censored? What are they saying?
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and0 5y ago
I'd be curious to see examples of these. I only know of Trump as having been banned. Plus I guess people who commit shootings tend to get memory holed by all the major social media brands, which might be a good idea? Thousands that you followed is quite an allegation.
algoatecorn 5y ago
Which accounts? And how can you possibly think he isn't interested in having influence? I'll bet you a pretty penny that there will be a slew of "leadership changes" in the coming months.
mdoms 5y ago
If you really followed thousands of banned accounts perhaps you need to take a close look at the company you keep. That should send alarm bells ringing regardless of your perception of Twitter's biases.

gotaquestion 5y ago

What thousands of accounts did you follow that were banned? Give us a sampling.

randyrand 5y ago
ya, let us condescendingly judge you!
- ryanSrich 5y ago
  Lol exactly. Not taking that bait. Also, follow was the wrong word. They're all lists. I have 50+ twitter lists.
  - gotaquestion 5y ago
    When someone claims "free speech infringement" and then has no data to back it up they are either trolling or don't really care enough to make a substantial argument.
    - hayd 5y ago
      Are you suggesting there isn't any banning? What precisely is your claim here? BabylonBee is a recent example, and apparently Musk had a call with them prior to him making the free speech poll/twitter purchase: https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1511325246967660547 https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1511325246967660547 (Note: Musk has been on their podcast). Likely BabylonBee still can't tweet (?), the offending tweet is still down: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1505288002746175494 https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1505288002746175494, also this one is word-for-word the same and up: https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1503825449285300228 https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1503825449285300228. Makes no sense.
- VerminOctopus1 5y ago
  It is genuinely interesting to me. All of the uproar about “free speech” has been confusing to me. Who are these people being censored? What are they saying?
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and0 5y ago

I'd be curious to see examples of these. I only know of Trump as having been banned. Plus I guess people who commit shootings tend to get memory holed by all the major social media brands, which might be a good idea? Thousands that you followed is quite an allegation.

algoatecorn 5y ago

Which accounts? And how can you possibly think he isn't interested in having influence? I'll bet you a pretty penny that there will be a slew of "leadership changes" in the coming months.

mdoms 5y ago

If you really followed thousands of banned accounts perhaps you need to take a close look at the company you keep. That should send alarm bells ringing regardless of your perception of Twitter's biases.