Matt BinderDec 18, 2022

I am once again locked out of Twitter.

Twitter just locked my account after I asked Twitter's head of Trust & Safety Ella Irwin why I haven't been informed of what tweet broke Twitter's policies

Seems they forgot to force me to delete the tweet the first time, like they did the other suspended journalists.

This is the tweet they want me to delete to get back into my account:

Show threadzwitschermondDec 18, 2022
@MattBinder why don't you people give up on Twitter? Lets start here anew.
Show threadBrian Hogg
@mond @MattBinder the audience is still largely on Twitter.
Dec 18, 2022 at 11:33amWeb
Show threadzwitschermondDec 18, 2022
@brianhogg @MattBinder They would follow. Journalists are user traffickers if I may say so.
Show threadBrian HoggDec 18, 2022
@mond @MattBinder sure, but they haven’t followed yet.
Show threadzwitschermondDec 18, 2022
@brianhogg @MattBinder You think Twitter has started with a billion users?
Show threadBrian HoggDec 18, 2022

@mond @MattBinder no, and they don’t have anywhere near that many now.

I meant that right now most of their audience is still on Twitter, so for right now it makes sense to try to maintain a presence there as well. But that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t say “come to mastodon.”

Show threadAdam BarnettDec 18, 2022
@brianhogg @mond @MattBinder Why would they follow if journalists are still on Twitter? The majority of the audience won’t move ahead of the content.
Show threadWoobieTuesdayDec 18, 2022
@mond @brianhogg @MattBinder but in the meantime their livelihood is at stake. All those followers is how independent journalists make money.