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Relevant context: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 : Promotion of alternative social platforms pol

Relevant context: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040165 : Promotion of alternative social platforms policy (help.twitter.com) * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34041985 : Paul Graham is leaving Twitter (twitter.com/paulg)

LinuxBender 4y ago
He said in that second thread that he is not actually leaving Twitter.
- hprotagonist 4y ago
  well, guess again!
- dekhn 4y ago
  No, Twitter left him.
- croon 4y ago
  Well, seems that choice was taken out of his hands by an insecure billionaire.
  - Hamuko 4y ago
    To be fair, that's most likely just a temporary ban.
    - croon 4y ago
      That's not fair.
    - Analemma_ 4y ago
      Boy the bar for the “to be fair” crowd sure has slipped. To be fair, pg was only temporarily banned for acknowledging the existence of competing social networks!
      - Hamuko 4y ago
        Well, he most likely will still get an opportunity to use Twitter if he so chooses. No one said anything about it being a good version of Twitter.
    - eternalban 4y ago
      Yeah, it's like those WW2 movies in Japanese POW camps in the jungle. One of the allied officers yanks their chain, they send him to cooler, and the soldiers cheer the officer. Except PG made kissy noises with the POW guards and said to the soldiers "I still think they are very civilized" as he went on to the cooler. That bit wasn't in the original script.
- ColinWright 4y ago
  I'm explicitly quoting the thread title, not the thread content, which is too extensive to do justice to in a line or two. Reading much of the threads there and elsewhere, and skimming most of the rest, I believe his intent was to create a bolt-hole, but had hopes that Twitter would recover.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  Not to put too fine a point on it, but it appears that he was after all.
tempsy 4y ago
The only accounts that I’ve felt really abuse “using Twitter to promote another site” are OnlyFans creators.
- runevault 4y ago
  I don't think OF is even banned, though a lot of them use Linktree which is.
  - tempsy 4y ago
    yeah sort of curious what they do with them. it’s the most direct violation of this rule, but maybe they pull too much engagement to get rid of entirely.
    - runevault 4y ago
      OF isn't exactly a directly competitor with twitter, since they don't currently have a way (that I know of) to post content people have to pay to view, especially pictures/videos, and I doubt they want to get into it with adult content since payment providers tend to get iffy on that sort of thing.
      - tempsy 4y ago
        Not true. They have a super follow feature that is nearly identical. They were planning on launching an OF competitor this year.
        runevault 4y ago
        If they do launch one I bet they add OF to the list at that point. Don't wanna piss those people off w/o an alternative.
nosianu 4y ago
Elon Musk: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288 > Casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme PG did not even post a link, just mentioned the name.

LinuxBender 4y ago

He said in that second thread that he is not actually leaving Twitter.

hprotagonist 4y ago
well, guess again!
dekhn 4y ago
No, Twitter left him.
croon 4y ago
Well, seems that choice was taken out of his hands by an insecure billionaire.
- Hamuko 4y ago
  To be fair, that's most likely just a temporary ban.
  - croon 4y ago
    That's not fair.
  - Analemma_ 4y ago
    Boy the bar for the “to be fair” crowd sure has slipped. To be fair, pg was only temporarily banned for acknowledging the existence of competing social networks!
    - Hamuko 4y ago
      Well, he most likely will still get an opportunity to use Twitter if he so chooses. No one said anything about it being a good version of Twitter.
  - eternalban 4y ago
    Yeah, it's like those WW2 movies in Japanese POW camps in the jungle. One of the allied officers yanks their chain, they send him to cooler, and the soldiers cheer the officer. Except PG made kissy noises with the POW guards and said to the soldiers "I still think they are very civilized" as he went on to the cooler. That bit wasn't in the original script.
ColinWright 4y ago
I'm explicitly quoting the thread title, not the thread content, which is too extensive to do justice to in a line or two. Reading much of the threads there and elsewhere, and skimming most of the rest, I believe his intent was to create a bolt-hole, but had hopes that Twitter would recover.
jacquesm 4y ago
Not to put too fine a point on it, but it appears that he was after all.

tempsy 4y ago

The only accounts that I’ve felt really abuse “using Twitter to promote another site” are OnlyFans creators.

runevault 4y ago
I don't think OF is even banned, though a lot of them use Linktree which is.
- tempsy 4y ago
  yeah sort of curious what they do with them. it’s the most direct violation of this rule, but maybe they pull too much engagement to get rid of entirely.
  - runevault 4y ago
    OF isn't exactly a directly competitor with twitter, since they don't currently have a way (that I know of) to post content people have to pay to view, especially pictures/videos, and I doubt they want to get into it with adult content since payment providers tend to get iffy on that sort of thing.
    - tempsy 4y ago
      Not true. They have a super follow feature that is nearly identical. They were planning on launching an OF competitor this year.
      - runevault 4y ago
        If they do launch one I bet they add OF to the list at that point. Don't wanna piss those people off w/o an alternative.

nosianu 4y ago

Elon Musk: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288 > Casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme PG did not even post a link, just mentioned the name.