Drew HarwellThis is what Twitter is now defining as "doxxing people's location." A factual piece of reporting about the company blocking a competitor. Can't do anything until I delete it.
The link in this tweet - https://t.co/X8n9xSRld9 - just referred to itself. The tweet included two screenshots (below) but no direct link to @elonjet or the flight-tracking data at ADS-B Exchange. The tweet does not break the rules, unless there is a new rule saying you can't acknowledge that flight-tracking data exists on the internet.
Jeffrey BelkFor anyone wondering, I'm still unable to access Twitter until I delete this tweet, which is factual journalism that doesn't even break the location rule Twitter enacted a few days ago. The account isn't marked as suspended anymore, but I can't use it or see tweets from people I follow. Using Mastodon exclusively for now and actually really enjoying it.
Frischa@drewharwell Time to get the rest of your colleagues here.
Sonu@Frischa @drewharwell Seriously.Time to get the Post to move too.
DaveYes, exactly this. A WaPo instance that the company has complete control over is surely a no-brainer.
karinchu
BarbaraKB in Michigan@drewharwell we’re glad you’re here. here’s hoping you find a way to get *WaPo to set up official Instance here.
Fabi@drewharwell next step: official WaPo Account on Mastodon
Auntie Denier@drewharwell @share_sun Yes please —from a subscriber
Kelli Blue 📸@drewharwell @share_sun official WaPo instance. They can control their own content, verify their own reporters, remove any risk of being banned, and their content won’t appear next to hate speech 🤷🏼♀️
Wouter uɐʌ Wijk@drewharwell easy. Don’t
Mike@drewharwell news orgs should stand up their own Mastodon servers. I'd be happy to help.
Beardverse 
@scubacat3 @drewharwell maybe. Idk that I'm a big fan of the media in general. Feels like they are just bought and sold and can't be trusted.
@Beardverse @drewharwell they're still vital. the CDC is chock full of brilliant researchers despite the PR and politics that often clouds their work. the important information comes out eventually, usually quickly if it's vital.
La temeraria@drewharwell Please stay!
Jessica!!! 
@drewharwell This is place is really refreshening, isn't it? I've had an account since May, and right away I preferred it over Twitter that I've had since 2009.
jbhulehan@drewharwell Now that I'm here, I am finding I like Mastadon better.
AnnaIrac ☮️🫂🕉️🏳️🌈@drewharwell Good for you! Hold your ground!
Ehuff@drewharwell delete then repost it
Stygian Lizard
2xfo@ehuff @drewharwell
I wouldn't play their game, but I can be a difficult ideologue. Elon wants reporters to submit to his will: he should get bent instead.
I wouldn't play their game, but I can be a difficult ideologue. Elon wants reporters to submit to his will: he should get bent instead.
ChiTA - Find us on Threads.net@drewharwell confirms that everyone should leave Twitter even if replacement platforms don’t have the same features.
Damagednotion@drewharwell the newest article with you and Taylor might not be helping either.
Michael@drewharwell
Thrilled that you dig Mastodon! Are you intending to not remove the tweet in order to regain access?
IMO, that's the only way forward...don't delete facts just bc a billionaire is butthurt by them.
John Kristoff@drewharwell This is the principled approach, thanks for standing firm by it.
I saw at least one one popular media figure (~1 million followers) that had their fediverse address in their display name that seemed to disappear right around the time the short-lived policy prohibiting it was published. Maybe it was a coincidence, but I couldn't help but lose some respect for that person.
Bruce Mirken@drewharwell So sorry you're going through this, but this sort of capricious idiocy is why so many of us are leaving the #BirdSite.
Tim Palmer@drewharwell
I’m really glad to hear this - both that you are not acceding to musk’s blackmail, and that you are here full time. Extra points that you’re enjoying it! I hope to read lots more good reporting from you.
And I really hope others follow…
Stop That@drewharwell Mastodon is honestly pretty neat.
Sam Nicholas@drewharwell hmm, make an "appeal", we will decide.
Wow, this is the smallest amount of power I've seen go to someone's head.
John G Fitzgerald@drewharwell Good call. Happy tooting.
Riley Norman@drewharwell
I find this highly amusing. Banning reporters sends them to other social media sites where they can report on how good a life can be without #twitter. Just another in the list of reasons the act seems self-defeating.
I find this highly amusing. Banning reporters sends them to other social media sites where they can report on how good a life can be without #twitter. Just another in the list of reasons the act seems self-defeating.
annaraven@drewharwell he's lost his damn mind. Welcome. I think you'll like it here. Remember to hashtag stuff for easier findability.
Zen Zero ☯️ ◯@drewharwell @bhawthorne I just posted this same text in a tweet; the tweet was silently removed, but my account is still active. They are not treating journalists just like everyone else. They are singling them out.
Brian Hawthorne@xvf17 @drewharwell Meanwhile, my profile has looked like this since the weekend. I’ll try posting that same tweet myself.
Wurstsemmel 🕊🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraïni@drewharwell Last/first time I was suspended, I couldn't even (re-)view the Retweet I was supposed to delete.
At the same time, the Tweet I had Quote-Tweeted ("the root of all evil", basically) was already gone/deleted. No chance to check whether the YouTube videos in a screenshot of a search results list within the original Tweet still exist.
Also, I could not submit the Appeals form properly, so I was caught in an endless loop. 😤🤦♂️
It went away after many weeks.
Ridiculous process.
@drewharwell Oh, lest I forget: It only went away because I clicked "Delete" when everything started over after a few weeks and I did not feel like entering that endless loop again.
Colorado Angel 🥥🌴@drewharwell it's nicer here, please stay
ask330 🪨🦣@drewharwell such fascist bullshit. Fk twitter.
JR 🏳️🌈@drewharwell Socrates was given the option of evading his execution by renouncing his words. He refused to renounce because what are we but the sum of our words and thoughts. What is left if we renounce that which we are. He choose life through death and I suspect had he not done so would not remember who Socrates was.
Trading Places Research@drewharwell Why do you want back on? Not a rhetorical question, I am genuinely curious.
Anne Ursu@drewharwell @wfryer happy to have you here.
Lynda Delph@drewharwell Terrific!
Martijn Tonies ✅@drewharwell Don't subject yourself to dictator-like moves from the big boss. Don't delete. Instead, move away from Twitter, and Musk can wield his power over you no more.
cmyanko@drewharwell
Welcome, I doubt I'll go back as I'm getting comfortable here
Welcome, I doubt I'll go back as I'm getting comfortable here
PeeDee@drewharwell and we're happy to have you here. #fuckelon
Blanding S Turtle@drewharwell I'm hoping the giddy pre-orgasmic state of the far right continues to push charismatic idiots to the top for a bit longer. I don't think we're prepared for a cunning father figure emerging just yet.
PJ "Vote Green" Coffey@drewharwell oh go on then. You can have a boost and a follow. 😀 I like the cut of your jib.
Jackie Gardina@drewharwell It is Orwellian that you are being asked to remove a factual statement to access the platform. I hope you and other journalist hold fast to truth over access.
Wendy MsGator 🐊Loving having actual journalists here instead of bot feeds.
J. Vizzard@drewharwell It almost feels like their automated monitoring is having trouble keeping up with Musk's hourly rules changes.
George Barwood@drewharwell I am only tweeting on twitter now to express the view that leaving is a moral imperative. To simply ignore what is happening and has happened is wrong. Leaving and joining Mastodon is the best way to take action ( it can be done over a period of time).
ushi@drewharwell how about you join TRUtH social it’s much better from this app here
jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷwhy join a centralized mastodon instance?
@jesuisatire @drewharwell because it’s better it’s still open source and and they don’t delete you stuff
Bryan Swagerty@drewharwell what's with the font here? Particularly looking at "Remove" in the button.
Casey 'CannibalHoliday' Wagner@drewharwell Even if you did delete it, there's probably a one week suspension timer lurking behind it.
I was suspended for 12 hours for telling off a sexual harasser, and when I finally deleted the tweet for the counter to start, it was a week instead.
I was suspended for 12 hours for telling off a sexual harasser, and when I finally deleted the tweet for the counter to start, it was a week instead.
im really enjoying it as well. not totally giving up twitter. but spending more time on mastadon everyday
Reed Mideke@drewharwell Ironically, the QT showing the full elonjet IG URL in the screenshot is still up, even though the first in the thread is replaced by a "violated rules" message
https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/1603543442394693633
https://twitter.com/drewharwell/status/1603543442394693633
Drew Harwell on Twitter
“@joinmastodon @ElonJet @mmasnick Besides abruptly suspending all flight-tracking accounts and Elon threatening legal action against the college student running them, Twitter now blocks the sites as "harmful" using the same technique Musk criticized as part of the "Twitter Files" https://t.co/niW8OIojIL”
KatM@drewharwell really appreciate you sticking to your principles and not just removing the tweet. I'm a recent arrival here as well and my experience has been extremely positive.
CarlG@drewharwell Thank you for journalistic integrity. Deleting a tweet may seem a small price to pay for Musk allowing you back on Twitter, but someone who goes down the road of caving in to blatant censorship has lost their objectivity, and their reliability as a reporter.
Miles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦@drewharwell Hold the line, sir.
Russ Copeland@drewharwell don't bow down to those bird assholes