Elon Musk Tried to Ban Leaving Twitter – New York Magazine

Jared Kushner and Elon Musk look on from a luxury box during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on Sunday. Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images Just days after Elon Musk’s Twitter began suspending the accounts of multiple journalists under questionable pretenses, the company announced that it would begin censoring and suspending Twitter users who share details about their profiles on other social-media platforms. Then, following widespread backlash over the policy, Musk indicated it would be adjusted. Amid the endless tumult since Musk acquired the social network, countless Twitter users have been flirting with various alternatives like Mastodon or Post, then sharing the links to those accounts in tweets and their bios. The practice has become particularly common among people who have been critical of Musk’s regularly outlandish behavior and/or the new direction of Twitter under his leadership. But even for users who have not fully fled the platform, posting “where else you can find me” details has emerged as a kind of insurance policy in the event of Twitter’s demise, either due to technical issues following the gutting of the company’s workforce, or any kind of sudden departure of users en masse
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