# 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:** 71
**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:** [May 31, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1403 "2023-05-31T21:46:03Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Would work better on Laugh-in though… “Sock it to my pillow!” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1404 "2023-05-31T21:59:55Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “Sock it to my pillow!” “Verrrryyy Interesting” It would appear that Mr. Pillow and Trump have already won the Fickle finger of fate award - **Point out that something ominous or may happen in the future without determination or a specific time frame**. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1405 "2023-06-01T00:11:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > the Fickle finger of fate award _Flying_ Fickle Finger of Fate award. [![](https://lelands.com/images_items/item_16549_1.jpg) ](https://lelands.com/images_items/item_16549_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1406 "2023-06-01T00:18:39Z")
I got a couple at Costco before I’d ever heard of Lindell. They’re not bad. Much better than feather pillows, but I think I prefer a solid block of memory foam. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1407 "2023-06-01T00:29:22Z")
I never bought a MyPillow (whatever your political beliefs they’re just overpriced) but I bought a similar pillow. It’s not bad. Now, reportedly the pillow I got is better because it has better-shaped filling, but whatever. It’s okay. Like you, I prefer a solid memory foam. I’d bought the “not-my-pillow” to help with a neck/shoulder problem, and it _helped_, but a properly-shaped solid memory foam designed for side sleeping completely solved the problem. You have to figure, his pillows have to be _somewhat_ okay or he’d never have been successful. He was already running a successful business before hopping on the Trump Train. He didn’t make his money solely through grifting people (or inheritance) like Donny Bronzer. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1408 "2023-06-01T12:39:27Z")
I don’t exactly feel sorry for Lindell, but I do sometimes think about what he’s done to his public reputation. Before all of this started, I would see his commercials pretty regularly. To the extent that I thought about him at all, it was as a typical TV commercial huckster. Sort of one step up from the local “wacky” used car guy who advertises after midnight on the cable channels. Strange, but mostly harmless. Now I can’t think of him as anything other than a deranged idiot, raving about “packets” that will prove everything, just you wait, I’ll show them, I’ll show them all! In the abstract it’s sad to see someone fall so far, but he’s got only himself to blame for it. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1409 "2023-06-01T12:47:40Z")
Back in 2018 CBS Sunday Morning did a segment on Lindell where they pretty much portray him as a guy who came back from the brink and now uses his company to help other former addicts. [Watch Sunday Morning: The story of My Pillow - Full show on CBS](https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/399DZpEGM3dE22gH1JGoLx8BoYEFvZdP/) ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1410 "2023-07-11T04:14:20Z")
This is what is known in the business world as “not a good sign”. > **[MyPillow is auctioning off equipment after losing retailers](https://m.startribune.com/mypillow-is-auctioning-off-equipment-after-losing-many-retailers-mike-lindell-minn-2020-election/600288705/?refresh=true&clmob=y&c=n&clmob=y&c=n)** > > CEO Mike Lindell says annual sales fell $100 million after several big-box retailers cut ties following his election claims. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1411 "2023-07-11T08:48:10Z")
And the “Finding Out” phase continues… ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1412 "2023-07-11T23:45:44Z")
Agile financing! ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1413 "2023-08-17T00:08:38Z")
And he’s still at it. > **[Mike Lindell’s Big ‘Election Crime’ Summit Flops at the Start](https://www.thedailybeast.com/mike-lindells-big-election-crime-summit-is-a-gigantic-flop)** > > Naturally, Lindell almost immediately ran into technical issues during his latest attempt to prove the 2020 election was “stolen.” ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1414 "2023-08-17T00:12:04Z")
Paywalled. ☹ ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1415 "2023-08-17T00:22:08Z")
Not here. Daily Beast never has been, for me. Here’s the Raw Story link: > **[Mike Lindell's voter fraud 'summit' derailed when he accidentally played...](https://www.rawstory.com/lindell-mishap-at-summit/)** > > MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell's latest voter fraud "summit" was plunged into chaos and embarrassment when he went to play a video on election rigging, and got a Jimmy Kimmel monologue instead, reported The Daily Beast on... ---
**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 17, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1416 "2023-08-17T00:28:20Z")
Thank you! 👍 Lindell’s face should be listed next to the dictionary definition of “loser”. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1417 "2023-08-17T00:38:30Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Lindell’s face should be listed next to the dictionary definition of “loser”. That spot’s taken. [![](https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/9cca20b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1160x629+0+0/resize/630x342!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F1b%2F92%2Fdb63bf7847fb8177221c5ab3e302%2F180817-donald-trump-ap-1160.jpg) ](https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/9cca20b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1160x629+0+0/resize/630x342!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F1b%2F92%2Fdb63bf7847fb8177221c5ab3e302%2F180817-donald-trump-ap-1160.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1418 "2023-08-17T01:16:59Z")
I do wonder how many more additional defamation counts the various speakers are going to add to their existing lists. I’m positive a noticeable number of subscribers are sitting and waiting for their nutjobs to further incriminate themselves or otherwise provide proof that they’re still defaming their clients. ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1419 "2023-08-17T20:35:55Z")
Holy Mother of God, Mikey wants to fly a hundred thousand drones over polling sites to sniff for Wi-Fi. > **[Revealed: Mike Lindell's 'secret plan' to fight fraud and 'save elections'](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-secret-plan/)** > > MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Thursday released his promised plan to fight what he perceives as voter fraud and "save elections.""MyPillow's Mike Lindell has been hyping his secret plan to save elections for a week. He just released it — and it's a... ---
**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 17, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1420 "2023-08-17T20:45:31Z")
Jesus, the man is bananas! Can you just picture the scene? I’m permanent vote by mail and have sometimes missed voting in person, but that would sure cure my nostalgia. ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1421 "2023-08-17T21:01:56Z")
The man’s insane. But I have one question: what does the expression “he’s doing a 2000 mules” in the article refer to? ETA: ok, sometimes I forget a little thing called “Google”, but now I know what it is. Just skimming the wiki article. They spread that ballots were carried by 2000 literal _mules_??? ETA2. ok ok, ignorance fought once more by wiki. I now know that “mules” are smugglers who carry their stuff inside their body. Almost as crazy as mules, the animals, though. ---
**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 17, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1422 "2023-08-17T21:09:55Z")
Maybe it was “Mules” riding on mules? Now I can’t say mules anymore cause it sounds funny. [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=70) [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=72)