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We all know that the Former Guy has been banned from Twitter since a couple of days after his insurrection in January 2021.
Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, there's a lot of speculation on how long it'll be before FPOTUS is allowed back on the platform; given Musk wants to charge 'blue check' users a monthly subscription fee, he might never come back.
This post, from November 3, 2017, is about the time - before he was banned - that Trump was shut out of his account for 11 blissful, dangerous minutes.
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Don't be alarmed at the title - this post has nothing to do with the woman from Wasilla. I didn't mean to scare you, sorry about that.
No, this is all about that glorious, inexplicable feeling of calm that descended on the universe yesterday. I felt it. I'm sure you felt it too, right? Suddenly, things seemed 'right' for a brief period of time, but we didn't quite know why...
What caused that beautiful experience? Well, that's when president Trump's personal Twitter feed (and by personal, I mean the official presidential account) was down for the count, for 11 minutes.
Twitter initially said it was human error that caused the downtime, which inspired a host of tributes on the social media platform to accidentally wonderful acts. But as they investigated to see how it could have happened, it turned out that 'human error' had a name: Rogue Employee, who did this on his or her last day.
While some thought it was a pretty cool thing, and much fun was had on Twitter and other platforms, the reality is there's a certain danger here. I mean, can just anyone working at Twitter shut down the president whenever they want? Are there no protections on his account, or the other verified accounts? How are we all protected from employees like Rogue?
Alexei Oreskovic, writing at Business Insider, suggests there are some serious risks here (emphasis added).
Bash an ally? Check. Threaten free speech? Check. Denigrate our political and justice systems? Check. Threaten opponents? Check. Personally attack anyone who doesn't agree with him? Check. Encourage racism and division? Check. Make other idiotic and embarrassing comments?
CheckCheckCheckCheckCheckCheckCheckCheck
There IS a security component here that Twitter needs to address - there's no question about that. But Oreskovic's comments about idiocy and embarrassment?
Yeah, that's not the concern from Rogue, that's a standing concern every time the president sits down at his keyboard.
No, this is all about that glorious, inexplicable feeling of calm that descended on the universe yesterday. I felt it. I'm sure you felt it too, right? Suddenly, things seemed 'right' for a brief period of time, but we didn't quite know why...
What caused that beautiful experience? Well, that's when president Trump's personal Twitter feed (and by personal, I mean the official presidential account) was down for the count, for 11 minutes.
Twitter initially said it was human error that caused the downtime, which inspired a host of tributes on the social media platform to accidentally wonderful acts. But as they investigated to see how it could have happened, it turned out that 'human error' had a name: Rogue Employee, who did this on his or her last day.
#JeSuisRogue #AllHailRogue #EmployeeoftheMonth #YoureHired
While some thought it was a pretty cool thing, and much fun was had on Twitter and other platforms, the reality is there's a certain danger here. I mean, can just anyone working at Twitter shut down the president whenever they want? Are there no protections on his account, or the other verified accounts? How are we all protected from employees like Rogue?
Alexei Oreskovic, writing at Business Insider, suggests there are some serious risks here (emphasis added).
Just think, what if the rogue support staffer on his last day decided to do something different. What if, instead of taking Trump's account offline, the staffer decided to fire off a tweet on Trump's account? Perhaps the staffer might have had Trump say something idiotic or embarrassing. Perhaps the staffer might have had Trump bash a company's stock, in hopes of trading ahead of it and make a quick buck.And I laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Because Trump does that kind of stuff, what, every other day? Every day? Multiple times a day?
Bash an ally? Check. Threaten free speech? Check. Denigrate our political and justice systems? Check. Threaten opponents? Check. Personally attack anyone who doesn't agree with him? Check. Encourage racism and division? Check. Make other idiotic and embarrassing comments?
CheckCheckCheckCheckCheckCheckCheckCheck
There IS a security component here that Twitter needs to address - there's no question about that. But Oreskovic's comments about idiocy and embarrassment?
Yeah, that's not the concern from Rogue, that's a standing concern every time the president sits down at his keyboard.
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