Twitter Bans Notorious Bitfinex and Tether Critic Bitfinex'ed (thenextweb.com)

Twitter has officially suspended Bitfinex'ed -- a notorious internet sleuth who has long speculated that popular exchange desk Bitfinex has quietly been printing its dollar-pegged Tether digital tokens out of thin air, a move that could lead to the collapse of Bitcoin and perhaps even the entire market, The Next Web reports. From the report: In an email to TNW, Bitifinex'ed said that Twitter has yet to clarify the reasons for the suspension. "This account has been suspended," the message reads. It is worth noting that in addition to the claims made against Bitfinex and Tether, Bitfinex'ed has previously accused other well-known figures within the crypto-community of foul play. Indeed, earlier in January the anonymous investigator suggested Litecoin Charlie Lee might have engaged in insider trading during his time at Coinbase. Lee ultimately denied these claims. In the aftermath of this altercation, waves of Lee supporters took to Twitter to condemn the premises of the piece Bitfinex'ed authored.

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Re:bernie sanders

[ScentCone]

Trump lost the popular vote

We don't actually conduct national elections based on the popular vote. That's so that the people in 48 other states in our republic aren't ruled by the dense urban populations in a couple of coastal counties. Which you know, but are trying to pretend you're too dumb to understand. Why? Who do you think you're communicating to or persuading when you try to pretend you don't understand the constitution or the structure of the republic and how we've been conducting elections for centuries?

Why are you complaining that progressives sound like Trump?

I'm just savoring the toxic, vitriolic, laughable hypocrisy on the part of the unhinged left. And just when you think the sting from losing the political power they want would have been fading a bit, they get even more insane. It's fantastic.

Re:Welp

[spire3661]

You have to keep in mind that Google and Twitter (and other tech companies) are engaged in a culture war. They are not wise intermediaries taking a hands-off approach, they are actively meddling. Take a look at some of the internal memos coming out of Google.