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I mean, he's openly been saying the level of death threats he's been receiving is exceedingly high. Seems like it could just be for security.

rootusrootus 4y ago
That is silly. Anybody who really wants to know where that jet is won't be relying on an entertainment account on Twitter, they'll just use FlightRadar24 to get it real time.
- lettergram 4y ago
  There's a lot of crazy unstable people, they wont know about or be able to regularly plan monitoring FlightRadar24. They can however see "Musk lands in Chicago Midway" and run down there. So, yes a targeted organized attack wouldn't be overly hard a random chaotic attack is easier with this twitter account.
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    By the time you found out a plane landed in Chicago, it's waaaaaay too late to intercept. People that stupid aren't a danger. It's exactly the people who know you can use public ADS-B trackers to see flight plans and predict landing times that you might actually worry about.
  - vkou 4y ago
    This is a great line of reasoning that can be used to justify banning anything. What if a soft-headed person reads it and does something horrible... Like, say, attempt to carry out a coup?
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    It'd be great if the same standard were applies to things like bomb threats at children's hospitals because some fruit loops have convinced themselves that Pepe Silvia is hiding there, or that drag shows are an existential threat which much be opposed with gunfire.
nerdix 4y ago
What about all of the death threats that politicians and election workers in Georgia received because of Trump pushing election lies on platforms like Twitter? Georgia's Secretary of State and his family received death threats. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/11/politics/georgia-raffensperger-family-death-threats-election/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/11/politics/georgia-raffensperge... Some election workers had to leave their homes because of death threats https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-threats-georgia-exclusiv-idCAKBN2IP0VZ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-threats-geor... But Trump's account was reinstated so I guess only Elon's personal safety matters.
- lettergram 4y ago
  1) Your comment is a red herring; it's not related to what I said 2) I'm simply providing an explanation which Elon Musk has openly been saying, the account was threatening his safety (I made no claim about fairness or anything else) 3) Trump was not doing real-time tracking of specific private individuals and publishing them online I'm not claiming any banning is justified btw, but I'm providing an insight.
  - nerdix 4y ago
    The comment wasn't directed at you personally but the premise that "it might just be for security". If it's "just security" then it's clear that he only cares about his own security. How about this for a better apples to apples comparison? The same guy behind ElonJet also has accounts that track the private jets of Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, and Drake. There are people out there that literally believe that Bill Gates is trying to depopulate the world through vaccines (going so far as claiming that he was apart of a conspiracy that resulted in COVID). Probably a lot crazies that would do something crazy to him. https://twitter.com/GatesJets https://twitter.com/GatesJets And yet this account is not suspended as of right now.
    - rvz 4y ago
      > And yet this account is not suspended as of right now. It is now. In fact all of the plane trackers are gone.

rootusrootus 4y ago

That is silly. Anybody who really wants to know where that jet is won't be relying on an entertainment account on Twitter, they'll just use FlightRadar24 to get it real time.

lettergram 4y ago
There's a lot of crazy unstable people, they wont know about or be able to regularly plan monitoring FlightRadar24. They can however see "Musk lands in Chicago Midway" and run down there. So, yes a targeted organized attack wouldn't be overly hard a random chaotic attack is easier with this twitter account.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  By the time you found out a plane landed in Chicago, it's waaaaaay too late to intercept. People that stupid aren't a danger. It's exactly the people who know you can use public ADS-B trackers to see flight plans and predict landing times that you might actually worry about.
- vkou 4y ago
  This is a great line of reasoning that can be used to justify banning anything. What if a soft-headed person reads it and does something horrible... Like, say, attempt to carry out a coup?
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  It'd be great if the same standard were applies to things like bomb threats at children's hospitals because some fruit loops have convinced themselves that Pepe Silvia is hiding there, or that drag shows are an existential threat which much be opposed with gunfire.

nerdix 4y ago

What about all of the death threats that politicians and election workers in Georgia received because of Trump pushing election lies on platforms like Twitter? Georgia's Secretary of State and his family received death threats. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/11/politics/georgia-raffensperger-family-death-threats-election/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/11/politics/georgia-raffensperge... Some election workers had to leave their homes because of death threats https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-threats-georgia-exclusiv-idCAKBN2IP0VZ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-threats-geor... But Trump's account was reinstated so I guess only Elon's personal safety matters.

lettergram 4y ago
1) Your comment is a red herring; it's not related to what I said 2) I'm simply providing an explanation which Elon Musk has openly been saying, the account was threatening his safety (I made no claim about fairness or anything else) 3) Trump was not doing real-time tracking of specific private individuals and publishing them online I'm not claiming any banning is justified btw, but I'm providing an insight.
- nerdix 4y ago
  The comment wasn't directed at you personally but the premise that "it might just be for security". If it's "just security" then it's clear that he only cares about his own security. How about this for a better apples to apples comparison? The same guy behind ElonJet also has accounts that track the private jets of Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos, and Drake. There are people out there that literally believe that Bill Gates is trying to depopulate the world through vaccines (going so far as claiming that he was apart of a conspiracy that resulted in COVID). Probably a lot crazies that would do something crazy to him. https://twitter.com/GatesJets https://twitter.com/GatesJets And yet this account is not suspended as of right now.
  - rvz 4y ago
    > And yet this account is not suspended as of right now. It is now. In fact all of the plane trackers are gone.