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[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The ban lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. Id guess it was triggered by so many people suddenly joining the account. Musk ain't great but the hyper sensitivity around him is getting weird.

[–] firadin 16 points 2 months ago

What a coincidence, a strong liberal fundraising account getting banned just as Musk promises to donate $45mil/month to the Trump campaign and complains about the "woke mind virus." I'm sure you can point to similar conservative accounts getting banned and staying banned for several hours right?

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The ban lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes.

You mean during the time that they were holding their fundraising event?

[–] buddascrayon 3 points 2 months ago

Except that no reason for the ban was given. If the ban was due to a sudden uptick in followers, why wasn't that reason sent along with the ban? And then there is the timing which coincided with the fundraiser. All of this on top of Musk publicly declaring his endorsement of Trump and the promise of finding his campaign. Too many "coincidences" are a clear indication of intent.