Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, reinstates Kanye 'Ye' West's account | Mashable.
Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, reinstates Kanye 'Ye' West's account
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In yet another instalment of decisions-that-seem-destined-to-end-badly, Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has reinstated the account of Kanye 'Ye' West.
West, who now goes by Ye, was suspended last December after posting a series of antisemitic tweets, including an image of a Nazi swastika blended with the Star of David. Musk later shared a post clarifying that the account had been "suspended for incitement to violence".
Now, seven months after the suspension, it appears X's owner has changed his mind. Ye's account, complete with its 31.6 million followers and a little gold verification badge, is back.
Ye's account won't show ads, per The Wall Street Journal, and the singer won't be able to monetize his posts via Musk's new revenue share scheme. His account was apparently restored under the proviso that he doesn't post hateful or antisemitic content. At the time of writing he has not yet posted again.
When Musk took over Twitter he quickly started unbanning Twitter accounts, a large number of which belonged to right-wing figures. Last week X banned the account of a right-wing influencer after he allegedly "posted child exploitation pictures," before reinstating the account again later the same day.
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Desperation for clicks - outrage marketing will backfire eventually
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ReplyDeleteGood then I can tell him how I really feel about him.
DeleteMusk can only rely on controversy to keep his app engagement. He’s lost in the sauce
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DeleteOnly good thing about Kanye is his old hits, and albums. Dude has since went far off the rails since.
ReplyDeleteAfter destroying a perfectly sound company, Musk needs all the accounts he can.
ReplyDeleteit’s ok karen
DeleteIf he were really brave, Musky would install Yeezy as CEO. 😏
ReplyDeleteany reason in particular?
DeleteQuestion is. What will Kanye respond with 😂
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ReplyDeleteHe can talk to Musk directly, seems like they are the only two people left on X. Crazy to crazy.
ReplyDeleteHere we go with the crazies getting lose again ..
ReplyDeleteX is just a bag of mixed nuts. It would be a "very brave decision" to advertise there now. 😎
ReplyDeleteMuch less hate speech on the platform now than before Elon Musk took over. 30% fewer posts that contain hate-speech, and those posts have much lower reach than before.
Delete99.99% of tweets/post impressions are healthy. Hate post impressions only around 0.003% according to an independent, third party assessment by Sprinklr.
The error rate of statistics shows that's just claptrap.
DeleteYou just want to hate on Elon Musk, I get it… free speech is not something you appreciate, I guess? 🤣
Deletetry garbage "research" to three decimal places, and you'd be a lot closer.
Deleteeven Musk's free speech has limits. My COVID information site is still not allowed on his platform and I USED to be able to say that I was as bad as Kanye apparently, and now I can just say Musk is just desperate and will continue to censor what he doesn't like. An unliked kid trying so hard to outcool everyone he just is sad and pathetic.
Deletekaren it’s ok
Deletesure Barbie.
DeleteShould have renamed it “A flock of seagulls “… if they’re not eating or shitting, they’re squawking…
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Who's Zed?
Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.
#dreamteam 🤣
He’s just one more antisemitic rant from being banned again.
ReplyDeleteReally??? West is a complete waste of time!!! Mentally challenged!
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ReplyDeleteI’ll take “Things Nobody Cares About” for $200 Alex
ReplyDeleteelon musk’s X, formerly Twitter, reinstates ye, formerly kayne west’s account
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ReplyDeleteWho?
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ReplyDeleteEveryone should have access. No one should be permanently banned. Good for Elon!
ReplyDeleteSo you good with terrorist cells planning more attacks on US soil on Twitter like prior cells used past social media before?
DeleteSo not everyone should have access as you literally stated then, huh? Not everyone should have access, and some should be banned permanently, huh? Also, anyone who participated, or supported what happened on Jan 6 should be treated like terrorists. So maybe them as well.
ReplyDeleteSo maybe think about the words you're about to post before you post them. 🤷
You give freedom a bad name.
DeleteThe Neo Nazi returns
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Deleteit’s okay, troll.
Deletefaux news brings you propaganda and lies but you knew that!
Deletejust like cnn Fox News cbs
DeleteDesperate for followers.
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amuriKKKa
I no longer care
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