[Ferrotin]

Possibly malicious enforcement by Twitter staff in light of https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604593057676300288

“Casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme”

[sytelus]

Where interpretation of "casually" and "occasional" is left to the Emperor.

[dm319]

And what interpretation of 'absurd in the extreme' should we take?

[seydor]

there was always an emperor

[2pEXgD0fZ5cF]

The first word that came to mind when I read the new rule was "arbitrariness". I did not expect to be proven right this fast, honestly.

[lapcat]

How many malicious employees do you think would be left at this point? There have been massive layoffs, and anyone who didn't like Musk or the "extreme hardcore" could have taken the severance.

[Denvercoder9]

> anyone who didn't like Musk or the "extreme hardcore" could have taken the severance

If they aren't held hostage by a H-1B visa.

[Ferrotin]

Content moderators can’t switch jobs so easily.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

"competitors" ? I thought that Lonnie was bringing us Twitter: The True Public Square? How can there be any competitors for a public square?

[ipsum2]

It's just "enforcement", there's nothing malicious about it. Elon Musk is the CEO and policymaker of Twitter now, he's responsible for the actions his company takes.

[Hoyadonis]

I wouldn't be surprised if the employee who did this gets fired as a result of this. In fact, I'd be shocked if @paulg isn't reinstated within 48 hours (as they did with Taylor Lorenz a few hours ago.) All of Musk's previous interactions with Graham suggests that their relationship is friendly. And if there's one thing we've seen from Elon Musk's Twitter, it's that he's not hesitant to fire Twitter employees.

[JumpinJack_Cash]

> > All of Musk's previous interactions with Graham suggests that their relationship is friendly.

Mohammed bin Salman invited 30 of his closest friends to discuss public projects before arresting them and torturing them in the Ritz Carlton

Don’t ever fall into the trap of anthropomorphism of autocrats

[forgetfulness]

That'd be extremely unfair. It was extremely dangerous to Mr. Musk's estate that Paul Graham used his clout to entice people to switch to Mastodon. This was nothing but a display of unswerving loyalty and adherence to Mr. Musk's vision.

[NavinF]

> I'd be shocked if @paulg isn't reinstated within 48 hours

The only reasonable comment in this thread. He was reinstated a few minutes ago.

[soneca]

The written policy contradicts his statement.

[forgetfulness]

Malicious? Elon Musk wants employees to have utmost loyalty to him, what's malicious to risk taking the fall by clicking the ban button on the rich, famous and powerful to safeguard the vision of the visionary CEO? This was fulfillment of orders beyond the call of duty.

Graham was a threat to the Master, what's a loyal servant to do?

[jacquesm]

Staff?