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Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k by bufferoverflow on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:15PM (#38158395)
> because they tended to break the rules more often.

No, this is a lie. The rules were applied in a very one-sided manner. A left-leaning poster would not even get a warning, while a right-leaning one would get insta-banned forever for the smallest infraction.

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Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k by Kye on Monday November 06, 2023 @06:07AM (#38161066)
That's weird because I watched as left-leaning accounts got banned one after the other over the years. Maybe you think it's biased a certain way because of who you follow and listen to.

I never thought I would recommend an episode of Joe Rogan, but the one where he had Vijaya Gadde on provided a lot of insight into how Twitter thought about moderation. It was a lot more nuanced than I expected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCBRHOg3PQ

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Re:X Is Reportedly Selling Inactive Usernames for $50k by angoragoats on Monday November 06, 2023 @08:47AM (#38162502)
Please provide evidence to support your claims.
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