“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.

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      6 months ago

      Most unhelpful comment. I’m here for news, not advice that doesn’t even apply to me.

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        6 months ago

        This wasnt really advice i was just saying that a lotnof people complain about twitter ON TWITTER. And when you just mention the possibility of using mastodon they have a nervous breakdown.

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          6 months ago

          I’m just annoyed because all of the top few comments were all along the same lines. It gets old seeing people always respond to news articles with “ditch Twitter”, “ditch Chrome”, “ditch Windows”, etc. instead of addressing the specific story.

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    6 months ago

    So the free speech absolutist/human shaped turd is censoring journalists again? I’m shocked!

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      6 months ago

      Ironically it’s probably because they feel at home, appreciated and valued in their own safe space. (There’s also probably quite a few increasingly unhappy almost technologically-illiterate legacy users who just need a helping hand to make the move.)

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    6 months ago

    sometimes legitimate accounts get caught up in them

    So you’ll unban them right?

    😶

    You’ll unban them, right?

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    What about “I want twitter to be a bastion of free speech?” And all of his cronies screeching “Musk is just preserving the first ammendment!!1!¡”

    Looks like the quiet part is now being said out loud: “for Nazis and fascists”