Ethereum Classic project Twitter account mired in controversy
In a tweet, ETC Cooperative Executive Director Bob Summerville said that the primary verified Ethereum Classic Twitter account, eth_classic, has been suspended. He says the reason for this is unclear as Twitter has not provided any useful information. He said, “I suspect this is an automatic false-positive. Nothing controversial was posted. I have filed an appeal. I do not doubt that anyone reported it.”
Cardano founder, Charles Hoskinson, who got wind of the news, tweeted: “This just crossed my desk a few minutes ago. Did the eth_classic Twitter handle seriously just get suspended?”
When a Twitter user suggested appealing for the account to be reinstated, Hoskinson joked: “I’m sure they’ll get a 70-paragraph email.”
“Drama”
The primary account of the Ethereum Classic project, which is now suspended, has been mired in controversy in recent months.
Charles Hoskinson was accused of asserting ownership of the Twitter account. Hoskinson claims that he “owns” the primary verified Ethereum Classic Twitter account (with 600,000 followers) and will not transfer it to the ETC community so that it can be used effectively. He won’t even consider selling it. “Instead, he chooses to damage ETC,” Somerville wrote in a September 6 tweet.
The controversy had the Ethereum Classic DAO community seeking a solution, tagging Twitter Support in a tweet: “What is your proposed solution to the Ethereum Classic open-source project’s Twitter handle? Should we update the project’s Twitter account to a different handle? How do we solve the current issue?”
Fast forward to October 6th, and Bob Somerville accused Hoskinson of reusing the account, saying that “6 years of community work was wiped out.”
The Ethereum Classic account had over 600,000 followers since its inception in July 2016, and up until Sept. 15, it was used to post about Ethereum Classic.
The account was now rebranded as the new community page for Ergo, a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain similar to Ethereum but affiliated with Cardano.
As reported by U.Today, Hoskinson slammed Ethereum Classic, calling it a “dead project with no purpose.”
