🚨 SAVE YOUR STUFF 🚨

If you post research to Twitter and have not had a chance to archive or save your posts, now is a good time to do so. I expect the recent TOS updates to disproportionately affect activists even more than we've already experienced.
Here are some tools for archiving:

Download friend lists and last 3200 tweets:
https://tweetbeaver.com

Extensions for grabbing all the media off of Twitter accounts for Firefox and Chrome:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tw-media-downloader/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-media-downloader/cblpjenafgeohmnjknfhpdbdljfkndig?hl=en

Archive important threads here:
https://web.archive.org/save

https://archive.today

Most tweets after late 2019 are automatically saved to the Wayback Machine and can be retrieved with tools like this (requires API access): https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture

Older threads will need additional attention.

If anyone is migrating to Mastodon and wants a list of your friends from Twitter to auto connect with: https://www.movetodon.org/

I also recommend using Fedifinder or Debirdify and exporting the CSV just for account verification later even if you don't plan on following people today.
Note: you can look up Mastodon friends of accounts other than your own with Debirdify.

We do have some research account backups saved from a few weeks ago but if you have posted anything important that needs to be preserved externally please grab it.

#osint #twittermigration #alerta

@murphtracks
I can't get into my Twitter account. They locked me out saying I have to confirm myself which I did but they keep saying no- that's not right. So in a cycle. I put in my bio my Mastodon address so I guess I was flagged and being punished.
@MlleaPankhurst lots of accounts getting flagged for random things. First time I've heard of a mastodon link causing issues. But yeah the phone number sweep hit a bunch of people.
@murphtracks @MlleaPankhurst
What is/was the phone number sweep?
@morgandawn @MlleaPankhurst Musk blocked traffic from roughly 30 mobile carriers. This also hit Ukrainian accounts pretty hard. https://www.platformer.news/p/how-elon-botched-his-war-on-bots
How Elon botched his war on bots

PLUS: Why it's time to start leaving Twitter behind

Platformer

@murphtracks @MlleaPankhurst

Thank you. I had heard about Ukraine but not the other regions/carriers

@MlleaPankhurst @murphtracks
My #SickBird profile mentions my Mastodon address, but only by server name. The purge may be unsophisticated, looking for the keyword "Mastodon" but not specific servers -- even one that is prominent enough to host George Takei (also not banned) and "God" (departed intentionally). It may also be manual, targeting people the Twit doesn't like.
#TwitterMigration
@murphtracks Hey Friend! You're doing good work.

@murphtracks

Yes - the the Biggest twit apparently had made them parse for any links to mast+ sites, and those fail to post.

I tried sharing your post above with links on a LOCKED twitter account, and it just mysteriously failed three ways.

It succeeded as a tiny-url:

https://tinyurl.com/yc3aa2e6

That posted, and was resolvable from a 3rd part client.

Murph alt (@[email protected])

🚨 SAVE YOUR STUFF 🚨 If you post research to Twitter and have not had a chance to archive or save your posts, now is a good time to do so. I expect the recent TOS updates to disproportionately affect activists even more than we've already experienced. Here are some tools for archiving: Download friend lists and last 3200 tweets: https://tweetbeaver.com Extensions for grabbing all the media off of Twitter accounts for Firefox and Chrome: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tw-media-downloader/ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/twitter-media-downloader/cblpjenafgeohmnjknfhpdbdljfkndig?hl=en Archive important threads here: https://web.archive.org/save https://archive.today Most tweets after late 2019 are automatically saved to the Wayback Machine and can be retrieved with tools like this (requires API access): https://github.com/travisbrown/cancel-culture Older threads will need additional attention. If anyone is migrating to Mastodon and wants a list of your friends from Twitter to auto connect with: https://www.movetodon.org/ I also recommend using Fedifinder or Debirdify and exporting the CSV just for account verification later even if you don't plan on following people today. Note: you can look up Mastodon friends of accounts other than your own with Debirdify. We do have some research account backups saved from a few weeks ago but if you have posted anything important that needs to be preserved externally please grab it. #osint #twittermigration #alerta

kolektiva.social
@murphtracks If you are requesting your data from Twitter for a suspended account don't give them your ID.
@murphtracks I deleted 15 years worth of tweets. I had gotten into the practice of only leaving a few years up, but finally wiped everything out and deleted my account
@murphtracks Twitter permanently suspended me and deleted all my followers and my following. Can I still recover them even though they are not seen any longer? Thanking you in advance for your response!