[balbaugh]

There is a Substack associated with the suspended twitter account [0].

They have made a recent post about the suspension of said account and all of the users other twitter accounts [1]. It states that twitter told the user "the account was “artificially” amplifying information".

[0] https://patriotone.substack.com

[1] https://patriotone.substack.com/p/twitter-suspension

[sebastien_b]

> It states that twitter told the user "the account was “artificially” amplifying information"

By that logic, Twitter should also be blocking @jack's account due to all the Bitcoin-pushing going on there too.

In fact, I think I'll go report it now...

[threatofrain]

Does @jack use dummy accounts to boost the popularity of his tweets?

[thrower123]

There's a whole wave of real accounts that have been swept up in a couple of ban-waves in the past week, falsely accused of being bots.

Seems like they are doing network-based targeting, because none of them had tweeted anything particularly offensive.

[oh_sigh]

How can you trust someone who says "There was not outside amplification"? How would the controller of the twitter account differentiate between simple virality and outside amplification? Of course, it's lame that Amy can buy a bunch of bots to get Bob's account canceled.

[AnimalMuppet]

Well, if they cancel the viral stuff, that might be a net improvement for the world as a whole...

[ineedasername]

So they were banned for using sock puppets to popularize their tweets?

[FireBeyond]

And then there's the challenge of "Hmm, if I'm a PR firm hired by Maxwell, what can I do? I know, we'll hire a bunch of sock puppets. And then we'll report the account!"

[BitwiseFool]

If so, I want BrooklynDad_Defiant, the Palmer Report, Duty to Warn, the Gravel Institute, and ReallyAmerican1 removed immediately. There is no way these folks always manage to be at the top of every trend organically.

[pixelgeek]

Or for being a part of a network that was doing so. I suspect that it is more likely that they were just part of a system that was promoting tweets and reposting material

[lonnyk]

This is what it sounds like to me, too. Either that or just using their multiple normal accounts to re-tweet/like.

[rurban]

The spooks hate the light. Now that the spooks control not only traditional media, but also social media, it's very dark.

[bambax]

It's ironic that they're using Substack when they say:

> Big tech has gotten too powerful, and they can silence us anytime they want.

Substack is well on its way to becoming part of "big tech" and is yet another platform you don't control.

Setting up your own blog will not protect you from any and all threats but it makes arbitrary "suspensions" very difficult.

[handoflixue]

Substack handles paid subscriptions, which is distinctly non-trivial to "host your own". They've also publicly advertised a strong anti-censorship position, and a lot of their userbase will abandon them if they change stances.

While it's certainly a possible concern, not all platforms descend in to censorship. I think it's reasonable to wait until there's at least warning signs before criticizing a specific site.

[dang]

Ok, let's change the URL to the latter one from https://twitter.com/TrackerTrial, which doesn't say anything.

[Abrownn]

https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1462845583178313734 They were and they have an incredibly shady history.