Comment by ceejayoz

2 years ago

Those have never done well. They want the angry/upset reaction they can't get in an echo chamber; the Parlers, Truth Socials, Gabs etc. will never give them this.

They're already asking Musk to stop lefties from being able to even block them; it's the same phenomeon as incels. Free speech was never enough; they want an audience guaranteed, too. https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1604052966839062528

There's this shading in free speech absolutists from "I have a right to say what I want" to "I have the right to the audience I want".

That’s simply not true, per the policy:

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platfo...

> At both the Tweet level and the account level, we will remove any free promotion of prohibited 3rd-party social media platforms, such as linking out (i.e. using URLs) to any of the below platforms on Twitter, or providing your handle without a URL…

  • I don't follow. Did you mean to reply to a different comment?

    • Yes I believe so. HN is loading too slow to find it, but a sister comment that stated the policy only applies to accounts whose primary purpose is to share other social media links. This is now further evidenced by PG’s account being suspended.