When I woke up Tuesday morning and checked my email, I found this ridiculous message from Twitter; it appears some Trumpist got his little fee-fees hurt by this comment and so tattled to Twitter, which responded in bizarrely disproportionate fashion by locking my account for a WEEK. In case you’re wondering what this message (which you’ll note was a reply, not a general-audience tweet) is about, it was in reply to someone who stated that the federal employees forced to work without pay due to the so-called “shutdown” should go on strike. As I told Elizabeth Nolan Brown, “‘Targeted harassment’ of a government building of the most powerful Empire on Earth?…I had no idea I was so formidable.” Despite the absurdity of the situation, it may be a harbinger of what sex workers have been worried about since FOSTA passed early last spring: more eagerly-censorious companies like Facebook have been quick to throw sex workers under the bus, leaving Twitter as the last of the big social media outfits to tolerate us; this may be a sign that those days are coming to an end, and we may soon be purged from there as we have been from every other major social media platform. I’ll be back tweeting as normal Tuesday morning, but in the meantime I’ve established a backup account to tweet from (and to build up just in case Twitter starts purging sex worker accounts), and I’d appreciate it if those of y’all who are on Twitter would follow me there as well.
Targeted
January 10, 2019 by Maggie McNeill
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It’s precisely because of the lack of proportionality, and the capricious manner in which they determine who receives punishment, that I avoid reporting anyone on social media. Besides, there are other devices for dealing with unethical or otherwise unpleasant people — such as blocking or muting. Unfortunately, the folks who run these sites tend to think in them as their toys, with which they may do as they please.
Following.
That’s just ridiculous.
Following. Twitter is absurd most of the time. Sounds like there’s no human at the helm.
Still giving you a thumbs up. Maybe an extra cheer or two.
I am increasingly convinced Maggie, that the next time we meet will be in a re-education camp somewhere. Shit.
Nah, I’ll never get to such a camp; uppity women who embarrass the rulers of rotting regimes always conveniently “commit suicide” before they can do any real damage.
Then run for the border if push comes to shove Maggie. As long as you and a few other ladies are out there, I’ll feel we still have a chance.
Dear Ms. Mcneill,
I guess you have learned how to adapt online. You are now learning to evade mainstream society in order to get your message out. This is the point to when you say that no one can stop you from talking and addressing the masses. You have said that I have the right to say and the freedom in which to say it. The question is do they have a copy of your IP address and if so are you starting to spoof it when you go on twitter so they can tell you identity when you do say something counter to what they want to hear.
You’d be welcome on Gab.
Done 😉
Last big group of government workers to strike was the air traffic controllers, so El Jefe Reagan fired them… all of the other Unions barely gave them lip service at the time. I’m sure that’s on the minds of the government workers right now. Besides, if all these people aren’t working and the sky isn’t falling, do we really need all of those people anyway? Hmmn.