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A comment on Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make.

Re:Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make by rexpop on Monday May 02, 2022 @03:24PM (#31239628)
> Unfortunately, since my account is now blocked I can’t make noise about this on Twitter, which is probably the only place where making such noise would be effective.

This is dangerously true, unfortunately. Were there ever adequate channels of recourse for upstanding citizens which we've let atrophy in the last two decades? Or has Twitter been an unprecedented innovation in elevating plebeian voices? Or are have both tweeted and prior petitions also been impotent?

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Re:Twitter blocked my account for a tweet I did not make by firephonestival on Monday May 02, 2022 @03:41PM (#31239850)
In the days before the internet, you would write to local news and your legislative representatives instead of making noise on Twitter.

These days, local news doesn't really exist, and representatives will only listen to big campaign contributors. Social media has stepped in to fill that gap for the modern lower/middle class.

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