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Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform (www.irishtimes.com)
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Journalist says he finds it ‘surreal’ to have account on X suspended after writing critique of platform::The author’s account had over 100,000 followers and was around 14 years old, he said

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[–] mutant_zz@lemmy.world 231 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I wouldn't call it "surreal" at all, I'd call it "completely expected" given who runs that platform

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 86 points 8 months ago

Elon Free Speech Musk himself? Never!

[–] anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He must have a tiny pp to be that insecure

[–] Tremble@sh.itjust.works 20 points 8 months ago

Elon Musk’s pp? As it was in the beginning, so shall it be in the end. Very tiny.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago

The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Depressing how quickly this kind of stuff went from outrageous to completely normal.