Yes, Muskrat just suspended Aaron Rupar, one of the best accounts on the hellsite.

Holy crap.

I feel a major migration coming our way.

@GottaLaff Yikes, good thing he already has a presence here. But jeesh.

EDIT: Nope, that was a bot! Oops.

@IntlLawGnome Yeah, I’ve been asking him to get active here. No idea why he hasn’t.

@GottaLaff @IntlLawGnome

that's a bot, along with another one I found. hopefully he joins for real now.

@IntlLawGnome @GottaLaff where is he at mastodon???
@IntlLawGnome @GottaLaff Which of the several accounts claiming to be Aaron Rupar here is actually his???

@Lee_in_Iowa

None, they're all bots. I edited the post to reflect that, but for some reason the edits don't seem to be getting through on every instance.

@GottaLaff Holy hell, really? I left the birb side a while ago, but the last week or so I remained only because of Aaron's posts. People are going to leave in droves.
@ygalanter My thoughts exactly
@GottaLaff Acyn is still there. When he is gone it will be the end of an era.
@ygalanter @GottaLaff has Aaron set up a Mastodon account yet?
@ProgGrrl @ygalanter There are accounts in his name, but he’s not using them
@GottaLaff WHAT? That’s outrageous.
@lindadrakequack Well what did we expect? Of course it’s outrageous. He’s trying to upstage Trump.
@GottaLaff He suspended me for calling him a pussy. He is treating twitter like a Christmas toy he isn't sure he likes yet. Only person it's hurting is him...and his foreign investors. Personally I think he is trying to tank it. Pissed off the board he then FIRED, would not let him out of his deal...when he TRIED.
@joshjour Whatever his sick reason is, it’s abhorrent.
@GottaLaff
Locking down my account, now. I'm not deactivating my account, because I don't want some $8 Muskovite impersonating me (however unlikely that is).
@jacktaylor That’s what I did a few days ago.
@GottaLaff Oye! Free speech for me, not for thee! I wonder what the tweet was?
@AliReininger I think about Elon jet, but not sure
@GottaLaff not even hiding what he's doing now, but see how many people on there look the other way.

@GottaLaff
The Internet Archive shows that Aaron Rupar tweeted the link to @elonjet 's FB account several hours ago.

If pressed, I'll bet Musk cites that as his reason for suspending Aaron's account.

@GottaLaff is he on Mastodon?
@MeidasRomi There are accounts in his name, he’s not using them
@GottaLaff we may need a list with all Blue big accounts that are eliminated from Twitter so we can find them faster here

@GottaLaff

Many of us have been suspended PERMANENTLY weeks ago............

@GottaLaff That’s nuts. I would get on that site and immediately look for Aaron Rupar.
If Elmo has an actual business plan here, I’m stumped. It’s like he’s just using it as his own $44 billion private server. That he doesn’t want anyone to stay on
@KatMA He’s crazy.
@GottaLaff Yeah. That’s pretty much all that’s left.
@GottaLaff yep. Everyone will start coming over now
@ProfB I just got a slew of new followers, so they’ve already started.
@GottaLaff Come on in, boys (and girls). The water’s fine.
@GottaLaff I'd made an account on here but haven't been super fond of Mastodon just yet. But I'm going to give it more of a go because Twitter is being rapidly gutted at this point
@jonbakos Learn to use the columns/lists. It’s like TweetDeck. Boost a lot. Engage. It is way friendlier here.
@jonbakos @GottaLaff It takes a bit of effort to get going here, but once you get going it's a much nicer neighborhood. Check out https://fedi.tips for some basic "how to get started" tips, I found that useful. Start following people -- LOTS of people. Do an intro telling us all about who you are -- you can search for #Introduction to see what others have done (and I bet you'll find some people to follow, too).
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

@GottaLaff Came online to take a break from work and found EM has been a busy sulky boy today. First thing I thought was that people who have been noting a leveling off in the migration are going to eat their words today....

This has to be one of the easiest predictions one could make today. Feeling sorry for the instance admins though!

@legallaurak It’s onslaught time, yeah

@GottaLaff Good lord I stepped away for two minutes and came back and ... he's suspending people right and left.

I almost feel like visiting just to see who is still over there ...
#TwitterMigration

@legallaurak It’s like an explosion of insane.
@GottaLaff Wow! It was only a matter of time. Aaron was sharing facts. I can't wait for him to land here. Miss his posts! 🙂
@MariNYC So do I! We’re friends over there, and I adore him.

@GottaLaff
Wow! Now might be a good time to listen to my interview with @TheBradBlog where I talk about what we can do about Musk's running of Twitter. My part starts abound 30 minutes in: #Twitter #Musk
https://bradblog.com/audio/BradCast_BradFriedman-DeathPenaltyOR-ECAReform_Spocko-MuskTwitter_121422.mp3

https://bradblog.com/?p=14498