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Which is most likely?

A) Elon banned the account, reneging on his previous statement, "My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk"

B) It was erroneously banned by someone else or an automated bot net process without Elon's knowledge and will be overturned when he's made aware of it

C) It was banned for another reason we don't know about yet

D) Other



If the account was from a nobody then I would say B, but since Musk has already offered to pay to have the account closed I would say A.


Oh you brought critical thinking to the topic. That’s generally welcome on HN. But those stories about Musk have an inevitable headline: “Another angle from which to justify your resentment of Elon Musk, including the opportunity to prove that you are a better than him, of not in achievement then in moral standards”.

That’s why your comment, which demonstrates knowledge of the circumstances and asks the obvious questions, ranks 1/3 of the page down.




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