They have made a recent post about the suspension of said account and all of the users other twitter accounts [1]. It states that twitter told the user "the account was “artificially” amplifying information".
By that logic, Twitter should also be blocking @jack's account due to all the Bitcoin-pushing going on there too.
In fact, I think I'll go report it now...
Seems like they are doing network-based targeting, because none of them had tweeted anything particularly offensive.
Of course BitwiseFool and I have no proof beyond our observations so please don't ask for proof of Twitters internal workings. Note we have no proof of why this Maxwell trial account was suspended other than twitters word. They provided us with no data or proof. This is very common now. Folks take the word of tech companies as hard fact and any other speculation is not allowed.
Any twitter employee want to use a throwaway account to set the record straight? Doubt it.
> Big tech has gotten too powerful, and they can silence us anytime they want.
Substack is well on its way to becoming part of "big tech" and is yet another platform you don't control.
Setting up your own blog will not protect you from any and all threats but it makes arbitrary "suspensions" very difficult.
While it's certainly a possible concern, not all platforms descend in to censorship. I think it's reasonable to wait until there's at least warning signs before criticizing a specific site.
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