Steve HermanReaction from the Washington Post executive to the #TwitterBan of @taylorlorenz.
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Mark R. Stoneman
Elishevacarl@w7voa @taylorlorenz When is the Washington Post going to setup its own instance or server? It has to protect its own people and intellectual property.
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BirdsWorkForTheBourgeoisie
Robin@w7voa @taylorlorenz I don't get why they ask to be reinstated. The problem is that one person can kick them off, not that they have been kicked off. Choose your channels wisely.
@w7voa @taylorlorenz how about journalists just leave Twitter instead?
Half-Lawyer, Half-Godfather@Xeynon @w7voa @taylorlorenz The real play would be to go quiet for a few days, then announce their own Mastodon server is online, with all their reporters on it.
frankawelz@swampudlian @Xeynon @w7voa @taylorlorenz Good point. But, speaking as a journalist, that platform under its current management has finally dealt itself the death blow as a credible and reliable platform for serious media content. A shame, especially since we won't be able to quickly replace the vital function it had for marginalised groups or people living under authoritarian regimes, but it is what it is. It's Elmo's world now. We'll need to build another. And we will.
@Xeynon @w7voa @taylorlorenz they are. And Twitter will dwindle to be just another truth social. This is (another) shot in the dick by EM.
Andy Sternberg@w7voa @taylorlorenz I hope WaPo takes a lead here and just leaves Twitter. Lose a few social referrals for the cause.
@andysternberg @w7voa @taylorlorenz what has Bezos said about this? He has the tech infrastructure to pivot.
@w7voa @taylorlorenz Perhaps journalists should just leave BirdChan. 🤷♂️
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴@SeriesBooks @w7voa @taylorlorenz
Yes, or rather, just one meaningless tweet a week to prevent deactivation an account-hijacking by #MAGATs.
"#BlessedDay"
JimboFett@w7voa @taylorlorenz "Until that time, the Post will continue to complain about access to Twitter instead of severing all ties with the Social Media platform."
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Universal Girl@w7voa @taylorlorenz maybe there should be some legal action that could protect journalists from being banned in the future from Twitter!
Appagal Crochet@w7voa @taylorlorenz Why are you fighting to stay on a forum which prides itself on this behavior. Time to remove all journalists from the birdpoop app. Unless you like it there?!
malena@w7voa @taylorlorenz battle of the billionaires
Robin 🐦@w7voa @taylorlorenz What part of "Elon Musk owns Twitter," do people not understand? The only rights we have there are those magnanimously granted by Twitter's owner. He could shut it all down tomorrow. Move along. The sooner the better. And stop putting his name in the headlines and giving him money for verified accounts. How stupid is that?!
Saren@w7voa @taylorlorenz I join the chorus in saying I wish Washington Post and all their people would just leave Twitter. As a WashPo subscriber, I am disappointed to see them asking to be reinstated on that platform instead of condemning it and rejecting it outright. If someone abuses you and/or others, you don’t say, “I demand to be let back into your life!” You banish them from *your* life.
ltmcdies@w7voa @taylorlorenz maybe it's time some of these big news organizations moved their business elsewhere instead of begging Elon to act like a responsible human which ain't happening
Vladimir Campos@w7voa @taylorlorenz I don't see how reinstating will resolve this issue. The current criterion is whatever is in one person's mind that day. The only way to really fix this would be for the Washington Post to have its own #Mastodon instance.
kkeller@w7voa @taylorlorenz Post journalists shouldn't allow Musk to hold them hostage. Leave Twitter for good and post news on other forums instead (like Mastodon!).
Philip MartinWaPo’s “reaction” doesn’t mean anything.
It is their action that counts.
Well, their action would matter, if they took any.
They probably won’t actually *do* anything.
Of course, they’ll keep covering Elmo and be big sad when he does the exact same thing again tomorrow or the next day.
OtownKim@w7voa @taylorlorenz Or.....leave Twitmo and bankrupt him!
Stan Fletcher@w7voa @taylorlorenz In addition to setting up their own #mastodon instance, they should immediately stop embedding Twitter postings in their articles, thereby depriving the birdsite with much needed off-sight traffic and referrals. Suffocate them from the outside.
Geoff@w7voa @taylorlorenz it’s his sandbox. He can fo what he wants there. He’s playin games to get attention, engagement, and press. He posted a reply this morning it was temporary, like the others. Congrats, you are giving him what he wants.
Richard@w7voa @taylorlorenz That's weak. Show some solidarity and boycott, either forever or until they meet your demand to reinstate. Twitter needs the Post more than the Post needs Twitter.
Brian 
@w7voa @taylorlorenz And yet, they will still continue to use the platform. 🤦
Igor@w7voa @taylorlorenz Taylor should have Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, Snapchat, Mastodon, CounterSocial, and Post. F*k Twitter. I’m wrapping up my time on there by blocking ads.. everyone should leave.
@taylorlorenz @w7voa it’s time for the major news organizations to leave Twitter. The one thing still giving Twitter legitimacy and keeping it afloat. Time to take a stand.
Jarvis Slacks@w7voa @taylorlorenz There is no reason to stay on Twitter. He is just testing how far he can do.
Darko Vršič@w7voa
They should abandon network of chaos and hate and migrate to their own Mastodon server!
@taylorlorenz
They should abandon network of chaos and hate and migrate to their own Mastodon server!
@taylorlorenz
Tblack301@w7voa @taylorlorenz
He keeps punching them in the face and they refuse defend themselves.
Spineless
He keeps punching them in the face and they refuse defend themselves.
Spineless
@w7voa @taylorlorenz time to move on, people. Don't know what are you expecting from a megalomaniac man child and why the obsession to stay on #twitter
Ask the followers to create accounts on #Mastodon
Resume your everyday reporting here instead of #twitter
Glog78🤔 A private company let's call this one birdcom has no obligation to provide a free service let alone follow rules which people outside of the company define as long as they follow the laws.
So even if the owner let's call him BirdKing is deciding to check every communication personally and only allow what he likes he most likely is inside of the law. (Example -> every moderated community on the internet)
So my advice would be to overthink if you would include such a company in your marketing tools knowing the above stated rules.
Everyone who say stay and fight imho does not follow business advices to have diverse suply chains so if one fails you can choose another. Regular evaluation what might be the best business partner included.
Jonathan Demaeyer@w7voa @taylorlorenz Funny how the idea of leaving the place is not mentioned. They think this will fix itself at some point?
JDS@w7voa or we all just get off the billionaire’s lawn. There’s no reason to be there.
CHARLAMAGNETHAGOD@w7voa @taylorlorenz it's a private company why don't you just start your own twitter?
artistwithouttalent@w7voa @taylorlorenz So THAT'S why WaPo published a free how-to Mastodon article. Like. They absolutely should, and I'm glad they are, but I also suspected it had to do with one billionaire stepping on another billionaire's toes.
Giraffe Slava 🇺🇸🇺🇦@w7voa @taylorlorenz or what? This is some weak sauce.
@w7voa @taylorlorenz Yet more people supporting #Twitter then whining about it.
#StopSupportingTwitter
If you are on Twitter you are supporting it and drawing more people to Twitter. You are doing harm. Make Twitter irrelevant.
Jma@w7voa @taylorlorenz journalists should abandon Twitter, period.
Rabid Rabbit 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦None of these people seem to have any pride. Begging to get back on Twitter is demeaning oneself.
Tofu Golem@w7voa @taylorlorenz
Funny.
When conservatives are doing awful things to marginalized groups instead of reporters, the mainstream media used "but both sides" reporting to make the conservatives seem less bad, and wrote opinion pieces about "polarization" if any of them got uppity enough to complain about how they were being treated.
SgtMoredread🇨🇦@w7voa @taylorlorenz on the contrary leave the platform permanently and move to Mastodon
David Roth@taylorlorenz @w7voa We’ve learned nothing from the Former Guy. We’re waxing poetic about hypocrisy again, giving his wannabe more ink.