Cult or not, British group The Kinks obviously had to wait until 2023 before they suffered a crackdown on their name. Born in the 1960s, this great quartet of the Beatles and Rolling Stones era is now partially censored on Twitter.
In fact, the term “kink” means “pervert” or “perversion” in English slang. A tease in the 1960s, but a fairly common term today. Except that the Twitter algorithm has obviously kept up the prudishness of the time, lining up the warnings in the group’s posts.
A situation that exasperates Dave Davies, the historic guitarist of the group, who directly alerted the Twitter boss. “Dear Elon Musk, could Twitter please stop putting disclaimers on anything by the Kinks? We’re just trying to promote our music.”
And remember that Kinks is a brand. “They’ve called us The Kinks since 1963.” So far, Elon Musk hasn’t followed up and Dave Davies isn’t getting angry.
What to shake Twitter, which accumulates the setbacks of several months and the takeover bid by Elon Musk?
Source: BFM TV
