Twitter suspends rival microblogging platform Koo’s user query handle

Mayank Bidawatka, Koo co-founder, took to Twitter to express the loss of the account, emphasising that the platform is the best alternative to Twitter: “I’ve said this before. We run Koo and the journalists should just migrate. Migrate tools are available. Koo is the best alternative to Twitter. This place is what it is because of you and millions of other users like us. Let’s not fuel this guy’s ego.”

https://twitter.com/mayankbidawatka/status/1603772008994463745

He also questioned the rationale behind the suspension, saying that “This isn’t democracy. This is a strong need to exercise power & control. And shouldn’t be allowed. We need to speak up!”

In a related move, Twitter is blocking users from tweeting links to some Mastodon servers. Mastodon is another major competitor to Twitter. Attempting to tweet Mastodon links causes Twitter to throw an error saying, “We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful.” Essentially, links to the platform are being marked as malware.

Commenting on Mastodon links being marked as unsafe, Bidawatka added, “How much more control does the guy need?”