# Twitter bans MyPillow corporate account after Mike Lindell uses it to circumvent personal Twitter ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095 "2021-02-03T02:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/261 "2021-04-20T14:04:42Z")
> **[Mike Lindell's Platform Frank Is Live but Fans Say They Can't Make Accounts](https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-platform-frank-live-telegram-fans-say-cant-make-accounts-1584964)** > > Followers of Lindell on his Telegram channel were once again left confused after Frank went live, with many still unable to create personal accounts a day after launch. Frank: A weiner. Filled mostly with pig anuses. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/262 "2021-04-20T14:11:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > “Followers of Lindell on his Telegram channel were once again left confused after Frank went live, with many still unable to create personal accounts a day after launch.” That’s because singup has been suspended. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/263 "2021-04-20T14:48:37Z")
I have to admit that it took me a while to realize that “frank” was not the name but the synonym for “direct”; I thought it was an internal codename before release. I kept thinking “who the heck is Frank?”. Yeah, sometimes I’m an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/264 "2021-04-20T15:03:11Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > That’s because singup has been suspended. His staff isn’t sharp enough to deal with the problem’s scale, and so it’s only natural that the project fell flat. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/265 "2021-04-20T15:12:51Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I have to admit that it took me a while to realize that “frank” was not the name but the synonym for “direct”; I thought it was an internal codename before release. I kept thinking “who the heck is Frank?”. Yeah, sometimes I’m an idiot. You’re not an idiot for not getting it, the naming of the platform was idiotic because it’s not that intuitive. It took me a bit to get it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/266 "2021-04-20T15:16:50Z")
I can’t sing. I guess that means I can’t get an account. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/267 "2021-04-20T19:00:50Z")
Yeah, if they had orchestrated that a bit more harmoniously, they wouldn’t be encountering such a chorus of disapproval now. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/268 "2021-04-20T19:10:03Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Frank: A weiner. Filled mostly with pig anuses. What an unusual way to spell “whiner.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/269 "2021-04-20T19:11:05Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > > > Frank: A weiner. Filled mostly with pig anuses. > > What an unusual way to spell “whiner.” Well, the way it’s spelled it’s pronounced ‘whiner’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/270 "2021-04-20T20:36:32Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I think he means the Founders from _Deep Space Nine_. 👽 Especially since he mentioned the ~~Cardassians~~ Kardashians. (They defected and joined the Dominion when they thought they would win the war.) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/271 "2021-04-21T01:59:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s such a pain in the ass when a process server has to go all the way to the Gamma Quadrant. And the nerve of those process server guys; charging by the mile! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/272 "2021-04-21T02:33:05Z")
I’m reminded of Dave Lister’s reaction when he found out he’d accidentally been kept in stasis for three-million years. “I’ve still got that library book!” ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/273 "2021-04-21T02:51:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > As for the current suit, here’s a relevant LegalEagle short: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOS0-i4a9\_Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOS0-i4a9_Q) Here’s a new Legal Eagle Short. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kp3akGgSu6E/maxresdefault.jpg "MyPillow "Counter Sues" for Billions, Will Lose #shorts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp3akGgSu6E) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/274 "2021-05-03T03:38:08Z")
Frank is launching for real this time on May 10th, god damn it. > **[MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will launch new social media site Frank with May 10...](https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-will-launch-new-social-media-site-frank-with-may-10-event-in-mitchell-sd)** > > Lindell made the Frank launch party announcement on the podcast "Bannon's War Room" hosted by Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to President Donald Trump, Wednesday, April 28. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/275 "2021-05-04T08:27:46Z")
Should have made it May 17. Everyone knows it takes two weeks to get anything done. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/276 "2021-05-05T20:39:07Z")
Mikey is displeased: > **[Vimeo Deletes Trump Ally Mike Lindell’s MyPillow Account](https://www.thedailybeast.com/video-platform-vimeo-terminates-trump-ally-mike-lindell?via=twitter_page)** > > “This is worse than what Twitter did to me and my company!” Lindell said in a brief phone interview with The Daily Beast on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/277 "2021-05-05T20:59:42Z")
I love the line “_We wish you the best of luck in finding a hosting platform more suited to your needs_”. I might put it on a T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/278 "2021-05-05T21:04:20Z")
> We wish you the best of luck in finding a hosting platform better suited to your needs. I hear Sponge Blob Golf Pants is starting his own site (blackjack and hookers not confirmed). ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/279 "2021-05-05T21:34:38Z")
Andy Borowitz just released a column with Trump starting up Facebook Total Landscaping, since he’s not getting back on Facebook. Maybe Lindell can start Vimeo Total Landscaping. If someone is deleted from Vimeo and no one watches videos on that site, does it make a sound? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/280 "2021-05-05T21:56:20Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Mikey is displeased: Why should he care? He’s starting his own platform. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=15)