akuma_riverDec 17, 2022
Tony Webster
My Twitter account was restored. https://twitter.com/webster/status/1604002519700885504
Tony Webster on Twitter

“This was my last tweet before my account was suspended. Needless to say, I was correct. This is not the free speech we were promised. To be clear, there was no ‘doxing’ – even if an impulsive, accountable-to-nobody oligarch said so.”

Twitter
Dec 17, 2022 at 6:39amWeb
Show threadDanielDec 17, 2022
@tony delete it and stick with Mastodon
Show threadMalintentDec 17, 2022
@RealFlotus @tony This. Don't go back.
Show threadMartha HowellDec 17, 2022
@tony
You know what to do, right?
Show threadMartha HowellDec 17, 2022
@tony
I mean, club that wouldn't have me.
Show threadJoel DefoeDec 17, 2022
@MHowell @tony troll space Karen relentlessly?
Show threadMartha HowellDec 17, 2022
@Jdefoe @tony
That's the answer.
Show threadKirkDec 17, 2022
@tony I want to like this but I am also happy you are here.
Show threadmglorrDec 17, 2022
@tony I'm happy about this! Please continue to say true things to people who do not like to hear true things!
Show threadpublictorstenDec 17, 2022
@tony ...and your followers purged...
Show threadDavid Schneider-JosephDec 17, 2022
@tony Do you know if that was the tweet that got you suspended, or was there another one we can’t see anymore?
Show threadCat Food CasseroleDec 17, 2022
@tony
So he's just playing games or he took the criticism and caved?
Show threadMark McClellandDec 17, 2022
@tony Did you have to delete content in order for it to be restored?
Show threadKristanDec 17, 2022
@tony wonder if the board of directors got a call from the White House 🤔
Show threadErik MoellerDec 17, 2022
@tony
Show threadLaura KosloffDec 17, 2022
@tony I hope you all stay here.
Show threadAndrew BDec 17, 2022
@tony please stay here. Twitter is compromised.
Show threadAviwoane ✈️Dec 17, 2022
@tony I don't know if that's a good thing
Show threadcowboybanjobiker 🤠🪕🚴Dec 17, 2022
@tony Does that mean you're going back until he bans you again?
Show threadTony WebsterDec 17, 2022
@cowboyminer No. I've updated my profile to say it's an announcement only account, join me on Mastodon for conversations. I have to hit the road soon to travel for the holidays but I'll be scrubbing a bunch of stuff there in the coming week or two. I'm not deleting my Twitter account, but this is home now.
Show threadMorten ToudahlDec 17, 2022
@tony @cowboyminer https://help.archive.org/help/how-to-archive-your-tweets-with-the-wayback-machine/
How to archive your Tweets with the Wayback Machine – Internet Archive Help Center

Show threadyodanDec 17, 2022
@tony You can let the blue bird go and stay here.
Show threadBetterifyouneilDec 17, 2022

@tony

He saw that his public square isn't the only public square in the world.

#DesperateTimes 😂
#FuckElon

Show threadMark ☸Dec 17, 2022
@tony Will you go back? Or was this enough of a sign on the wall ;-)
Show threadangelwolf71885 💎 🙌✅Dec 17, 2022
@tony please don’t go back
Show threadScenarioDec 17, 2022
@tony and?
Show threadRedwoodGirl in ChicoDec 17, 2022
@tony I wouldn't trust them. They did it once, they'll do it again. The site is being run by a toddler.
Show threadMartha TORRESDec 17, 2022
@tony Delete your account
Show threadRoscoDec 17, 2022
@tony what about your fellow journalists? Was everyone restored?
Show threadPurple DragonDec 17, 2022

@tony I'm not going to tell anyone what they should or shouldn't do, but IMO, staying on Twitter is a win for Elon. All of this is giving him exactly what he wants. Traffic and publicity

Twitter isn't a monolith, it's not too big to fail. It's just a privately owned website that can be replaced, as it replaced systems predating it.

Just my humble opinion

Show threadHoratiu PopoviciDec 17, 2022
@tony screw them...
Show threadIanDec 17, 2022
@tony As of now Linette Lopez (https://twitter.com/lopezlinette) is still suspended. The reason is still unclear as far as I know.
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Show threadBruceDec 17, 2022

@tony

So this is what happened during the #twitterpurge :

https://www.mediamatters.org/elon-musk/musk-just-reinstated-dozen-previously-suspended-right-wing-twitter-accounts-day-after

Musk just reinstated a dozen previously suspended right-wing Twitter accounts — the day after baselessly suspending mainstream journalists

Media Matters for America
Show threadMiss Foxy ShelbyDec 17, 2022
@Buttthammer @tony For those who are still on tweeter in Europe, you can try to have their accounts banned at least there.
Show threadiainsutDec 17, 2022
@tony Elon’s version of “Free Speech” comes from growing up as a rich white South African during apartheid. I bet he has one of those red 777 flags in his closet.
Show threadMandatoryDec 17, 2022
@tony you should not have complied.
Show threadnerdybutcute Dec 18, 2022
@tony but will you have the self-respect not to use it?