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New limits on Twitter users

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by qwikad.com, Jul 2, 2023.

  1. #1
    Wondering how many users on DP have been affected by the new rule. I am not a verified Twitter user (don't have the blue check mark) and as of now my feed is sporadic: most of the time it doesn't show, but sometimes it does. From what I gather hundreds of thousands of (real not bot) users have been affected.
     
    qwikad.com, Jul 2, 2023 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Ironically it's working fine for me even though I have a permanent suspension. I get to read everything without the temptation of getting involved.
     
    sarahk, Jul 2, 2023 IP
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    jrbiz Acclaimed Member

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    I have a Twitter account but have never really ever used it. What earned you a permanent suspension, if you don't mind sharing?
     
    jrbiz, Jul 2, 2023 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    They haven't told me but I suspect mocking American freedom to get the healthcare needed. NZ gets slammed all the time for our lack of freedom (ie handguns) but at least our doctors have the right to give us the medical treatment we need.
     
    sarahk, Jul 2, 2023 IP
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    jrbiz Acclaimed Member

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    And that will result in a permanent ban? I have heard horror stories about Twitter, Facebook, etc., and their repression of ideas and speech that do not fit their narratives, but your transgression seems quite tame, to me. Of course, now Europe is in a tizzy that Twitter may not be censoring enough ideas and speech, these days as Musk has tried to cut back on the repression a little.
     
    jrbiz, Jul 2, 2023 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Yeah, I can find really graphic porn, hate speech etc on twitter but if you rile the wrong people I guess they have the power to mass report and you're gone. They've done me a favour really but it's odd seeing Reddit and Twitter in death spirals at the same time.
     
    sarahk, Jul 2, 2023 IP
  7. qwikad.com

    qwikad.com Illustrious Member Affiliate Manager

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    Don't know about Reddit, but Twitter will be ok. It's been at the top of the most downloaded apps for several months now. Musk is moving towards his X (everything) app and till he gets there Twitter will be undergoing changes some of them, like the one I mentioned here, will be super annoying.
     
    qwikad.com, Jul 3, 2023 IP
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    jrbiz Acclaimed Member

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    Don't count out Musk. Everyone said that Tesla was a boondoggle and then, when that was starting to succeed, he started SpaceX, and everyone said that was sure to fail. If he is actually able to make Twitter a true "open market for ideas and speech" (unlike what it and all of the other legacy platforms are now: liberal, Orwellian groupthinkers), he may have his biggest success, yet.
     
    jrbiz, Jul 3, 2023 IP
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    When restrictions begin, then friendship ends ;)
     
    sepoint, Jul 16, 2023 IP
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    bijutoha Well-Known Member

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    Some users have reported that their feeds have become sporadic since the DP rule was implemented. They say that they are only seeing a fraction of the tweets from the accounts they follow and missing out on a lot of important content.
     
    bijutoha, Jul 16, 2023 IP
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    There are real users on Twitter? I though 98% are bots on twitter.
     
    jaguar34, Jul 19, 2023 IP