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Ms. Toad

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16. I was more commenting on how quickly

Reply to Arazi (Reply #13)

Sat Dec 17, 2022, 01:13 PM

Dec 2022

It was reversed, than why. The ban was permanent, initially. Then very quickly turned into a 7-day ban, which he expected to be supported by his airing fans on Twitter, and then vanished when Twitter votes against him.

Yes, there were lots of other things going on - but many of them have been going on since he took over.

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And just like that - the journalists are unsuspended from Twitter. [View all] Ms. Toad Dec 2022 OP

It shouldn't matter. Salviati Dec 2022 #1

I completely agree - Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #3

Praise the Great and Merciful Genius dalton99a Dec 2022 #2

Yeah, right. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #5

Real chefs don't use cheap plastic utensils and styrofoam plates. Blue Owl Dec 2022 #4

I hope they find other sites to their liking, Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #6

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack Dec 2022 #7

Good. He said he wants Twitter wide open ...so he should have brought them Lucinda Dec 2022 #8

The lesson has been taught. People will self censor. RockRaven Dec 2022 #9

Personally, I hope they self-censor themselves Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #17

Still banned: links to any Mastodon post from Twitter muriel_volestrangler Dec 2022 #10

Little Elon is a hot mess Walleye Dec 2022 #11

Praise be! The great and powerful Lord Skinsothin is feeling benevolent today! tanyev Dec 2022 #12

Well, it wasn't "just like that". It was after enormous backlash Arazi Dec 2022 #13

Tesla is dropping like a rock Trenzalore Dec 2022 #14

I was more commenting on how quickly Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #16

Agreed. It sucks it took such tremendous pressure to reverse this Arazi Dec 2022 #21

The EU threatened to sanction Twitter NickB79 Dec 2022 #15

I really could not care less lees1975 Dec 2022 #18

I agree with you as to most of what he does. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #20

The bots have spoken! Wounded Bear Dec 2022 #19

The whole exercise was intended to let journalists know Voltaire2 Dec 2022 #22

Not Linette Lopez EleanorR Dec 2022 #23