Part of the reason many of us chose to join twitter was b/c, when we joined, it was anti-censorship & very open

Now that the market has settled, they are walking back on that commitment

No, it wasn& #39;t a legal agreement, but this switcheroo is a form of fraud

It& #39;s not a form of fraud that is prosecutable, no. But the dishonesty offends people& #39;s moral sense & feels like a betrayal.

People built networks, businesses, communities, based on that original promise. That& #39;s why they chose Twitter.

They can& #39;t "start over"

This is why the "if you don& #39;t like it just go somewhere else" is such a weak tea argument

It discounts the things that users value, treats our very reasonable expectations as stupid, makes a mockery of the time and effort people put into the platform based on those expectations