“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.

“We do sweeps for spam/scam accounts and sometimes real accounts get caught up in them,” Elon Musk wrote on X, responding to the temporary ban of at least 8 accounts, including those of a handful of journalists.

  • @SludgehammerEnglish
    12•1 year ago

    “Oh we weren’t doing this out of malice… we’re simply so incompetent we accidentally ban legit users!”

    Oh yeah, great alibi. I totally believe that on the site where reports for rape threats, racism and calls for genocide regularly are stated as not breaking community rules your stringent automods might accidentally ban legitimate users.

    • Flying Squid
      3•1 year ago

      And those legitimate users just happen to be a bunch of journalists. Somehow.