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Matt Taibbi
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diff --git a/wiki/characters/matt-taibbi.md b/wiki/characters/matt-taibbi.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9d9fc4b0 @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +title: Matt Taibbi +type: character +factions: + - Bitcoin Twitter +portrait: /portraits/x-matt-taibbi.jpg +status: confirmed +sources: + - raw/news/bitcoiners-posting-about-being-shadowbanned-for-engagement-stunned-to-find-out-in-twitter-.json +--- + +**Matt Taibbi** is a journalist and the Bugleverse's designated bearer of unwelcome archival truth. His canonical role is delivering findings from the Twitter Files that nobody on [[orgs/bitcoin-twitter|Bitcoin Twitter]] asked for. + +## Arc history + +In January 2023, Taibbi announced on a Twitter space that his review of the Twitter Files found "zero evidence that Twitter employees sought to suppress any accounts associated with Bitcoin" — and, worse, characterized the community's [[bits/shadowban-complaints|shadowban complaints]] as "some sort of engagement farming technique" practiced by "a large angry group of Twitter users with #Bitcoin in their bios" ([[news/bitcoiners-posting-about-being-shadowbanned-for-engagement-stunned-to-find-out-in-twitter-files-they-werent-targeted|Bitcoiners Stunned To Find Out They Weren't Targeted]]). + +> irl: Matt Taibbi is a real journalist who was among the writers given access to Twitter's internal documents (the "Twitter Files") after Elon Musk's 2022 acquisition. His in-universe finding about Bitcoiners is invented. + +## Appearances + +### In the news (1) + +- [[news/bitcoiners-posting-about-being-shadowbanned-for-engagement-stunned-to-find-out-in-twitter-files-they-werent-targeted|Bitcoiners Posting About Being Shadow Banned Stunned To Find Out In Twitter Files They Weren't Targeted]] — 2023-01-25, quoted