Besieged by 14 billion frustrated, angry posts, Twitter relented & lifted the ban on tweets linking to www.cultural cognition.net (an episode that now ranks 3d on the list of strangest thing ever to happen to the site on the internet; see one & two).
On net, this was a super positive experience: the aggravation associated with the loss of 2 days of access for site-related tweets was more than offset by the gratification I experienced upon witnessing this widespread, public-spirited & generous support.
I’m not sure yet whether I owe any particular person $1000 (if I do, he or she should speak up!), but I do owe a much larger quantity of gratitude to many people. The way to repay them, I think, is to be sure I follow their example the next time I happen upon someone who is being treated in an arbitrary & capricious way.
Oh, last thing: if a twitter robot was the agent of the temporary ban on culturalcognition.net links, I want him or her to know that I haven’t changed my position on robots. All of us – naturally & artificially intelligent —learn from our mistakes!