tim sheyDec 19, 2022
Taylor Lorenz
The policy that I allegedly retroactively violated by promoting my Instagram and Mastodon account, has now been deleted from Twitter’s website.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #technologynews #news
Dec 19, 2022 at 3:47amMastodon for iOS
Show threadSteve PaluchDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Policy of moving goalposts, it seems.
Show threadyikesahootieDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Nice to see that the bird site is a well-oiled machine of professionalism. 🤣
Show threadE.G. PhillipsDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz he is so bad at this.
Show threadtim sheyDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz yet I still can't change my bio because it has a link to my mastodon profile in it. 😂
Show threadJan AntošDec 19, 2022
@timshey @taylorlorenz so it is permalink to mastodon, great success
Show threadDavid KucharDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz not before he banned @paulg and his ex wife grimes! LOL
Show thread.seaksDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Show threadThis Minute MattersDec 19, 2022

@taylorlorenz

Someone indicated such a ban would violate EU regulations.

Show threadSebastian TobieDec 19, 2022
@ThisMinuteMatters @taylorlorenz that rule comes in effect in may. Until then for germans german law has ways to counter this.
Show threadMagicElectricDec 19, 2022
@ThisMinuteMatters @taylorlorenz
Yup. And can be fined with 1/5 of the Twitter value
Show threadflexghost.Dec 19, 2022

@taylorlorenz let that be a lesson. The only thing that belongs in a free market economy?

Is a monopoly.

Show threadDaSkinny ⚜️Dec 19, 2022
@flexghost @taylorlorenz
Like, *MY* Monopoly board, or those assholes over on Baltic Avenue?
Show threadb9n10ntDec 19, 2022

@taylorlorenz

a study in plutocracy

Show threadRWParlerWatchDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Twitter can’t stop embarrassing themselves
Show threadMatthew JonesDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
I suspect this has to do with the EU, but who knows? I don't think anyone knows what's going on with Twitter at this point, least of all Elon.
Show threadStefanDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz madness!
Show threadBrian DeViteriDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Someone must have realized it violated a ton of laws in Europe and other countries.
Show threadKansas GrantDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Sorry to be a downer but there's every chance you're allegedly violating tomorrow's Twitter policy even as we speak. ;-)
Show threadJoeDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz I know this will shock you, but I also had those things in my bio and somehow I wasn't booted from twitter. I'm sure there's nothing alarming about that.
Show threadTyson, Chicken Rancher 🐓Dec 19, 2022
@Anivair @taylorlorenz I did as well and found I wasn’t able to edit my profile, presumably because of the offending URLs
Show threadRemiBoucherDec 19, 2022
@tsupasat @Anivair @taylorlorenz
Same. Also, try to tweet a link to Mastodon.
Show threadAnte Vukorepa Dec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz The policy might be removed, but mastodon links are still banned.
Show threadCity Techie Dec 19, 2022
@orcinus Use @ orcinus @ infosec.exchange instead (no spaces).
Show threadAnte Vukorepa Dec 19, 2022
@citytechie i did, immediately, but that’s not the point :)
Show threadMax Riethmuller (TechLife)Dec 19, 2022
@orcinus @taylorlorenz still can't put mastodon links in posts either. Facebook yes. Indieweb.social no.
Show threadMax Riethmuller (TechLife)Dec 19, 2022
@orcinus @taylorlorenz
Show threadpedvroDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz The impending action (and related humongous fines) from the EU may have something to do with that.
Show threadAndrew MarrinsonDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz you can’t make this shit up.
Show threadhasenpfefferDec 19, 2022

@taylorlorenz

I'm guessing this is also how overnight Tesla FSD updates go once a few cars crash into garage walls the next morning?

Show threadPax Ahimsa Gethen 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz I'm hesitating on boosting any more updates about #Twitter at this point as I expect they will be outdated by the time others read them, hours or minutes later
Show threadExiled New Yorker- ConnieDec 19, 2022

@funcrunch @taylorlorenz

Me too.

Show threadWA MARTSDec 19, 2022

@funcrunch @taylorlorenz

#Mastodon and others made Elon realize he is Captain of a sinking ship! Every decision he makes 2 days later he flip flops after taking heat he conducts a "poll" to give cover for what ever change or backtrack is next... #ByeByeTwitter

Show threadAllan ChowDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz like what the heck, dude literally at Qatar for the world cup finals when this was all going down
Show threadAllan ChowDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz the amount of flailing there could probably power a tesla
Show threadAsh GibbonsDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz so glad to still be able to see ur stuff. do u know if hasan piker is coming to mastodon? im honestly surprised he hasnt already been banned from twitter
Show threadPower Plant Dec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Twitter: Remember that new policy? No you don't!
Show threadMike LynchDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Insanity yo
Show thread𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑠 Dec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz somehow they'll take their sweet time unsuspending you
Show thread4_Life_MTBDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
It made me join Mastodon anyhow 😝
Show threadPaulmdickeyDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz He really knows what he is doing. Genius!
Show threadEvilTofuDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz It's a dumpster fire over there on the birb site.
Show threadRemiBoucherDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz with today’s shit show about links to other social media, at the same time as the world cup, I bet that tomorrow he’ll be like :
« look how much twitter is active right now!🔥»
Show threadKurt PhillipsDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Show threadSteve Kaiser Dec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz WTF?? Anyway, it's much better over here. 🙌
Show threadIan ApplebaumDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
Show threadShit Management SaysDec 19, 2022

@taylorlorenz Just think: some idiot lackey had to transcribe Musk’s petty wishes into “policy” this morning, posted without a second thought. Centered on what Musk feels and needs, not what might happen.

It’s like if ChatGPT were told to run Twitter like a paranoid fascist

Show threadAntonio PiccolboniDec 19, 2022
@Shitmgmtsays @taylorlorenz Spare a thought for those poor chaps trapped at twitter with VISA issues.
Show threadShit Management SaysDec 19, 2022
@piccolbo @taylorlorenz they do have my sympathy, for sure
Show threadPseudo NymDec 19, 2022
@Shitmgmtsays @taylorlorenz No, #ChatGPT has more decency than that.
Show threadShit Management SaysDec 19, 2022
@pseudonym @taylorlorenz 👏👏👏
Show threadTom_HuthDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz just the normal hell site circus 🎪 if a mad clown 🤡 run a business 🤪🤪🤪
Show threadJustice and FrensDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz they are The Gang That Can't Think Well.
Show threadJon HollanderDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Oceania was now at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia….
Show threadJeremy KahnDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz
"We apologise again for the fault in the [policy figleaf]. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked."
Show threadMattDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Behind-the-scenes look at a Twitter management meeting:
Show threadAdam LeeDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz I'd say this is Kafkaesque, but Kafka would've written this story to be more believable.
Show threadMidnightBlackDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz Man, if this doesn't inspire confidence in that platform what will? 😂
Show threadBernieDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz The guy makes up policies based on how he feels at that moment.
Show threadPippi & ObiJuan PupsDec 19, 2022
@taylorlorenz i have whiplash