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I still can’t believe Twitter banned h3h3. Guides like this will hopefully let high profile celebrities jump ship.

I can't believe h3h3 was shocked someone actually enforced the rules on him. Also pretty hilarious seeing him complain over what he has celebrated against others many, many times over the past few years. What a whiner.

Getting banned was the point, to illustrate Musk's blatant hypocrisy towards his own ideal of free speech.

lol - the rules for verified Twitter users (remember Ethan has the coveted blue check) are very clear on renames. BECAUSE HE HAD THE BLUE CHECK him renaming his account has greater weight. The whole point of the blue check is to validate that it's h3h3 - not that he's Elon Musk. As a verified user he has greater responsibilities - which he violated. Trying to frame this as a free speech issue is absurd.

BTW - these rules were in place, before Elon bought Twitter. The only difference post Elon buying Twitter is those rules are now being enforced universally, and not selectively. I can see why that upsets some people - too bad.

Impersonation isn’t really free speech.

Neither is hate speech and calls to violence. But Musk has made it clear that he is a proponent of that kind of speech under the umbrella of "free" speech.

Hate speech is free speech in the US. Calls for violence is not included.

He had a blue check which means his identity was verified, and then he changed his identity to impersonate someone else. That has always been against the rules. He is free to tweet about how much of an asshole Elon is (free speech), he wasn't free to pretend to be someone else when his identity was already verified. Otherwise, what is the point of identity verification?

The blue check does not mean verified moving forward. It now means you are a paying subscriber.

That transition is obviously not complete yet, since it's just announced. In the meantime I'm sure he'll be fine on Mastonod or whatever it is these influencers are moving to.

>The blue check does not mean verified moving forward.

Just what are you basing this on? I've seen lots of people toss this around - where specifically has Elon or Twitter said that $8 will be a license to do whatever you want? If anything they have been adamant that will NOT be the case.

I did not state that $8 is a license to do whatever you want. Twitter has said that Twitter Blue is now going from $5 to $8 and that it will include the badge, less ads, and priority positioning in replies. Nowhere did they say that giving them money for Twitter Blue was going to require anything more than it already does.

Here, specifically: Twitter has officially announced that the blue check mark does not mean "verified". Here's a tweet: https://twitter.com/esthercrawford/status/159010953045281587.... She says, "The new Twitter Blue does not include ID verification – it’s an opt-in, paid subscription that offers a blue checkmark and access to select features." A number of commenters of course then ask, "Then why do you keep calling it verification?"

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