The author’s account had over 100,000 followers and was around 14 years old, he said

Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform::The author’s account had over 100,000 followers and was around 14 years old, he said

  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The suspension cited platform manipulation and spam as its reasoning, which he wrote in his appeal that he had nothing to do with.

    So the only conclusion we can draw here is that writing an article critical of Twitter because it’s overrun with (paid) spambots now constitutes “platform manipulation.”

    Elon in 2022: I wanna get rid of all the spambots!

    Elon in 2024: You’re banned for being mean to the spambots!