Will Walker
Atriosboth Andrew Lawrence of MMFA and Dean Baker of Beat the Press have been suspended from twitter, anyone who follows those guys knows their only sin is poking fun at the right and they aren't even major shit stirrers. Suspect the lefty purges will continue
not going to flounce away from twitter, but I suspect I will be transitioning here more and more
andrew has been restored (and sorry I won't make habit of posting News From Twitter)
B Bigelow@Atrios shambolic
Maisie Pubblechook, Esq.@Atrios I can't see them purging all the identified lefties, because how would they replace the churn of dunking and shitposting? But there might be a lot of harassing ban-and-reinstate.
josh buermannSo long as there are libs left there to drive the engagement the chief twit will never wind up holding another worthless parler/rumble/gab clone, but then those apps could have welcomed the lefty shit posters and made some money.
@Atrios glad you’re here, twitter is sunsetting
Greg Greene@Atrios Hard same.
T. T. PerryWow haven't seen "flounce" since my forum days :)
Christine
inscribajournalWhat rule did they claim your broke?
@inscribajournal @Atrios I didn't get an explanation 🤷
How weird. I had that happen a couple of months ago before the official Elon handover. They restored my account within an hour, with an apology. Today they claimed that I was spamming or was creating false accounts--neither is true. I appealed. I'm a nobody with less than 200 followers.
@inscribajournal in the 12 years I was on there, I got a 12 hr detention once until now🥴
David Waldman@Atrios You should sashay.
Laffy@Atrios Good. We need you here.
John Terwiske@Atrios I go there to read almost exclusively, and to block advertisers (I'm a rebel, ha!)
WeAre Rosie@Atrios welcome!
@Atrios damn.. things keep getting weirder
@Atrios Dean Baker on Mastodon https://econtwitter.net/@DeanBaker13
DeanBaker13 (@[email protected])
1.19K Posts, 284 Following, 5.19K Followers · I am a senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. I now live in Astoria, Oregon.
Keith (karmajunkie)@Atrios so much for free speech.
Bruce Fulton@Atrios If Elmo converts Twitter into Truth Social it will be worth as much as Truth Social.
Lucy B@Atrios my account was suspended for suspicious activity. I think they suspect I’m a liberal. Hopefully people are working on moving towards other platforms, because even those who want to stay will be pushed out. I’m liking Mastodon so far, but it will take time to build up my list of people to follow. Twitter was my main news source!
Jeff@Atrios Do they have Fediverse accounts that we can follow?
@Atrios
I am a nobody with no more than 190 or so followers. I just had my account suspended for allegedly spamming or creating a false account. I have done neither.
I am a nobody with no more than 190 or so followers. I just had my account suspended for allegedly spamming or creating a false account. I have done neither.
Tonya Canning@Atrios
Most of the people he's un-banning only enjoy social media to the extent that they can torment left-leaning folks. If he then bans all of those folks, he's also ruining the site for the new core audience of trolls.
It would be a weird strategy, if I thought there was any strategy behind any of the things he's doing.
@TonyaCanning there's no strategy. he's trump without possession of trump's bully instinct
PirateRo@Atrios is this THE Atrios who kept me sane during the Bush presidency? The crux of the biscuit or crouton?
@Atrios oh, man! All hail Atrios!
SecularSouth@Atrios I was permanently suspended last week for what I’m not sure. Elon is definitely getting rid of the left. Free speech indeed.
GrannyDeanna@Atrios
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@Atrios Both have their accounts back now.
tend2wobble@Atrios We deactivated our acct and deleted the bird this morning for that very reason. We were users since 08 with a few thousand followers, just regular boomer progressives who distrust Musk and his agenda. #solidarity
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅@Atrios I was perma-banned for calling a far-right media personality a reactionary Nazi, while she was able to make hate speech with impunity. I have no doubt that the banning of those on the left will continue en masse.
Harryooman
Robin from Colorado 🇺🇸🇺🇦@Atrios wishing customers into the cornfield is a bold strategy. I mean bad strategy.
Bruce McFadden@Atrios all the "sane people" that remain on Twitter are enabling Musk and his new RW hate enterprise.