Being popular or being true
More reflections on exile from Twitter, and transitioning to Substack
I suspect that Twitter was once an oasis for free thinking individuals to find one another and share ideas. Presumably, for those willing to adopt anonymity and use elaborate codes to share contentious ideas, such that only insiders are able to understand what they are saying (looking at you, @EthicalSkeptic :)), it remains so.
However, Twitter has gone to rather impressive lengths to ban individuals such as myself, who disagree with the US federal government’s policies regarding covid - lockdowns, masks, vaccines. And who do so with plain language.
Twitter is no longer Twitter, at least for me.
I was asked yesterday if I could sue them for damages and/or reinstatement. I suspect that I could, and would be the first Canadian to do so, to my knowledge. The question arises as to whether this is worth the emotional/time/financial effort involved.
What I would like, at bare minimum, would be for a clear explanation from Twitter as to how I violated the terms of service. I do not find it acceptable for a company to fail this step, while cutting off my access to my correspondents in the process. It is a needless double injury.
Perhaps I truly engaged in hate speech. I doubt it, but would be happy to be shown. Perhaps I engaged in mis/disinformation. Again, I doubt it, but would be happy to be shown.
Not sure how to compel Twitter to honour its own terms of service.
Ultimately, social media *can* be a tool for promotion of positive public health. Even Twitter.
Being popular or being true
No GETTr account ?