Charles GabaDec 18, 2022
🚨 PREDICTION: Within the next few hours, Twitter users who have their Mastodon link in their display name, bio, website link or pinned tweet (which is what tools like Debirdify and Movetodon use, I believe) will suddenly discover that the link has been mysteriously removed.
Show threadCharles GabaDec 18, 2022

🚨 BOOM.

At 9:00am,
@debirdify stated that 1,899 of my followers had Mastodon/CS accounts in their bios/names/etc.

As of 2:00pm, just an hour or so after Musk's newest decree banning Mastodon links, only 1,808 have them...even though only 8 more accounts have been deactivated.

Show threadPaul Cantrell
@charlesgaba @debirdify Fluctuations like this have been occurring for weeks. I wonder whether it’s people deleting or locking their accounts.
Dec 18, 2022 at 7:21pmWeb
Show threadPaul CantrellDec 18, 2022
@charlesgaba @debirdify No, Charles, I think you’re right: spot-checking specific people in diffs of my fedifender dumps, people are •definitely• removing Mastodon links from Twitter profile to avoid getting suspended — and are saying as much in their profiles.