# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/462 "2021-08-10T23:37:44Z")
And are they still going with the “wireless communication through the thermostats”? Aw hell, maybe I’ll tune in for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/463 "2021-08-10T23:39:03Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > It was almost hypnotic. I half-watched for a good 10 minutes as they went state by state by state. Those devious Chinese stole votes in every single state in the union! I’ve been watching for five minutes and it’s hilarious! The idiot does nothing than to announce one state after the other, only to be told by his lackey that they’ve already done state x, then corrects himself and picks another state, and then shows graphics of that particular state with the “alleged numbers” for both candidates, and then flip the votes to his imaginary Trump winning votes, and that’s it. No explanation why he thinks so whatever. Also, the man is crazy, unhinged and obviously doped up. ETA: they just cut to the audience. The applause already had been ominously underwhelming, and I only saw a few half seated tables. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/464 "2021-08-10T23:39:10Z")
Oh goody, he’s going after Dominion again. What an idiot. (And a public television style pledge drive if anyone wants a discount on a pillow. Holy shit.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/465 "2021-08-10T23:43:40Z")
So we’re supposed to buy some MyPillow products to support… all of the immigrants employed by MyPillow who work incredibly long shifts making pillows? Because they’re the real victims here? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/466 "2021-08-10T23:44:29Z")
These folks are bananas. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/467 "2021-08-10T23:47:00Z")
A lot of names “Barb” flashing by that are all alphebetised by the first name. Hi, Barb! (Moving on, can we please welcome all of the “Barbaras”?) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/468 "2021-08-10T23:53:02Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > These folks are bananas. There’s some fledgling politician (a candidate for something in Texas) being “interviewed” (=being given buzzwords to blabber about) right now, and the crap and lies she spews make me sick. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/469 "2021-08-10T23:54:24Z")
The feed keeps freezing and skipping, so I’m gonna use that excuse to stop watching these crazy people. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/470 "2021-08-10T23:56:02Z")
For me too. They’re being hacked! By Dominion! By Biden! By the Chinese! By Antifa! By Cancel Culture! By… (and don’t forget to buy a pillow) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/471 "2021-08-11T00:00:28Z")
They keep teasing a big announcement coming shortly. According to what I’ve seen so far, it’s gonna be a promo code to use at checkout when you seal the deal on your new pillows. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/472 "2021-08-11T00:00:47Z")
To get on a more serious note: Will this big lie about alleged election fraud become America’s own [Dolchstoßlegende](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth) (stab-in-the-back-myth)? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/473 "2021-08-11T00:10:55Z")
OK I’ll give them a few more minutes to make The Surprise Announcement. They keep touting the number of people tuned in. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/474 "2021-08-11T00:19:27Z")
Another pillow commercial. I’m out. Please keep me posted about The Surprise Announcement, I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep tonight just wondering! ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/475 "2021-08-11T00:26:26Z")
Nice new WP piece. > **[Analysis | The con is winding down](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/10/con-is-winding-down/)** > > At some point, every bluff gets called. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/476 "2021-08-11T00:39:30Z")
I couldn’t help it and had to tune in and they are talking about BIOS password leaks. I don’t know what I expected them to be talking about but it sure as hell wasn’t that. 😞 I can’t watch anymore. 5 minutes is about my limit. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/477 "2021-08-11T01:05:55Z")
An actual cyber security expert is at the symposium and [live tweeting](https://twitter.com/ErrataRob/status/1424878450867847181). As of right now, Lindell challenged him to come up on the stage so Lindell could debate him, he’s been waiting at the front to be invited onto the stage and Lindell has claimed he’s a coward who ran away because he’s too afraid to debate. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/478 "2021-08-11T02:02:21Z")
I had wondered if anyone else was there, besides the people on camera. Reminds me of the performance of this that the music department at my alma mater did shortly after I graduated, to honor a retiring professor. HOWEVER, they did emphasize that people could come and go as they pleased. IIRC, I lasted about 30 minutes.[Vexations - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexations) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/479 "2021-08-11T02:27:11Z")
I get about 15-20 seconds into it before my browser freezes. I then have to refresh my browser, rinse and repeat. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/480 "2021-08-11T02:32:55Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I get about 15-20 seconds into it before my browser freezes. I then have to refresh my browser, rinse and repeat Hacked! _Hacked_! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/481 "2021-08-11T02:40:06Z")
That’s probably because, just as pillow guy predicted, there’s about a billion people tuning in. I freed up a spot for you earlier, sorry it didn’t help. I guess there’s an announcement coming? A surprise? The only way this manic clown could surprise me would be to announce that Trump lost, and that the election is over. [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=23) [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=25)