By Pajiba Staff | Politics | February 21, 2018 |
By Pajiba Staff | Politics | February 21, 2018 |
Overnight, many conservatives saw their Twitter follower counts drop dramatically. It seems that following news of the influence of Russian bots, Twitter may have banned suspected bot accounts by the thousands. And MAGA Twitter is outraged because yadda yadda leftist conspiracy. So they’re calling for justice under #TwitterLockOut.
I've lost close to 1,000 followers offer the past few hours.
— Richard 🉠Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) February 21, 2018
Major purge underway.
Screw you for cutting my followers in half, you people will never win.
— Tony B 💯🇺🇸🦅 (@TonyBologna1776) February 21, 2018
Like this post and I'll follow you back #TwitterLockout
Twitter killed so many great Tweeps last night! I lost hundreds of followers! #TwitterLockOut
— Nani Booboo (@nani_booboo) February 21, 2018
We must be onto something!
Keep up the good work!!!
I lost over a thousand followers. Twitter censorship it it’s finest #TwitterLockOut
— Matthew Turner (@realJediMan) February 21, 2018
I will be following back all who RETWEETS this tweet, and if you’re not following me, I ask you to follow me. We need to have a strong voice and unite as conservatives against liberal censorship. #TwitterLockout
— XenaMAGA (@XenaMAGAWarrior) February 21, 2018
Apologies to those I followed. #TwitterLockOut unfollowed ALL! I will refollow as soon as I can-
— Susan Griffith (@GriffSusan) February 21, 2018
if it wasn’t for @POTUS (& the great Patriots I look forward to reading) I would dump @Twitter. It is obviously run by Fascists.
My very HUMAN hand sending a special HUMAN message to the alt-left fascist @Twitter #TwitterLockOut pic.twitter.com/oDOUjy0Ang
— ElianaðŸ€ðŸ•† (@Cdn_Eliana) February 21, 2018
I survived the #TwitterLockOut but lost 2,000 followers.
— Corryn 🇺🇸 (@Corrynmb) February 21, 2018
Love tweeting but the surprise Twitter purges that target conservative accounts is getting old.
Not shocked. Not upset, just over it.
The fact that the Left is mocking those who have been affected by #TwitterLockOut is proof that they only targeted Conservatives.
— Mark Pantano (@TheMarkPantano) February 21, 2018
It’s not going great.
Subversive bots working under the direction of a hostile foreign government to undermine our democracy are NOT protected by the Constitution #twitterlockout 💪🽠#ReclaimingMyTime #ReclaimingOurTime #MaxineWaters #protectdemocracy #TrumpColluded
— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) February 21, 2018
If you want to see real snowflakes check out #TwitterLockOut
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 21, 2018
So a lot of folks are calling this #TwitterLockOut an illegal censorship. It is not. Censorship, maybe/maybe not, but you should know that it is not illegal. This platform is owned by @Twitter and they may do as they please no matter who disagrees. Just FYI.
— Carl Higbie (@CarlHigbie) February 21, 2018
I felt a great disturbance in the Twittersphere, as if millions of bots suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
— Hillary Warned Us (@HillaryWarnedUs) February 21, 2018
Heh.
Heh heh heh.#TwitterLockOut
The #TwitterLockOut explained in 2 tweets. pic.twitter.com/0zWU65KV53
— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) February 21, 2018
My thoughts & prayers are with all those affected by the #TwitterLockout. pic.twitter.com/pzuiAbJmlt
— William LeGate (@williamlegate) February 21, 2018
The NY Daily News notes that Twitter has been attempting to step up banning bots since January.