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Re:Welcome Home, Garry Tan by smcl on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:31PM (#32644411)
I can't do shit on Twitter:

https://imgur.com/a/OBnVpUI

Cool! Ok so, confirmed. Garry Tan is a sinister guy. Glad I asked here!

Edit: Sorry but how is this downvoted to zero? I have done nothing except add five "likes" to Twitter and my account is now banned there. This is insane. I was pro-or-neutral-Garry at the start of this convo, he was just the Posterous guy. Now my Twitter is gone. What the hell?

Edit 2: uhh so how do you get an account back?

Re:Welcome Home, Garry Tan by jacquesm on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:14PM (#32645191)
It could simply be that twitter is having issues. I see weird stuff as well. ("something went wrong" messages all over the place).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32644427

Re:Welcome Home, Garry Tan by smcl on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @03:49AM (#32647749)
Yeah it seems to be just a glitch. Kinda wild to see "just like some tweets, see what happens..." and then have Twitter completely crap out.
Re:Welcome Home, Garry Tan by minitech on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:33PM (#32645705)
Twitter automatically bans new accounts all the time. (I’ve heard from others that contacting support helps, but I personally just gave up on getting an account.) If you want to test getting blocked, you need to do it with an established account.
Re:Welcome Home, Garry Tan by blast on Monday August 29, 2022 @10:42PM (#32646067)
Whether it's a ban or a glitch, why would you blame Garry for it? He doesn't control Twitter.