menottiApr 5, 2023

i cannot stress this enough: leave Twitter

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/05/twitter-adds-state-affiliated-media-label-to-npr-account-putting-it-on-par-with-russia-today/

Twitter Adds ‘State-Affiliated Media’ Label To NPR Account Putting It On Par With Russia Today

Twitter added a warning to NPR’s Twitter account on Tuesday, declaring it as “state-affiliated media,” a label that’s typically been reserved for foreign media outlets that represent the official views of the government, like Russia’s RT and China’s Xinhua.

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Show threadmenotti

You are only giving Twitter's new abominable existence oxygen by logging on to the platform everyday and flaming each bit of news (via tweets!!)

I know it's hard but make a commitment to stop tweeting. Uninstall the app; lurk if you must via web with ad blocking.

Organizations need to stop yelling and just distance themselves from the service.

Apr 5, 2023 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadmenottiApr 6, 2023
Same kinds of people have access to your Twitter DMs!
Show threadmenottiApr 7, 2023
weaponizing safety features for petty personal gains https://macaw.social/@mergesort/110157826082618353
Joe Fabisevich :verified: (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Oh look, another safety feature I helped build being misused and ruined in the Twitter 2.0 era. This is clearly petty and stupid, I’d be very upset if I wasn’t actively rooting for Twitter to go bankrupt at this point. https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit/status/1644249061187264512

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Show threadDave LaMacchiaApr 7, 2023
@44 i just tried this and it doesn’t seem to be true? At least for the account I tried several links from.
Show threadmenottiApr 7, 2023
@dml seemed very widespread unless they rolled it back, which would be normal for the current shitshow https://www.techmeme.com/230406/p24#a230406p24
Twitter seems to have disabled likes and RTs for tweets that include links with “substack” in the name

By Mitchell Clark / The Verge. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Show threadDave LaMacchiaApr 8, 2023
@44 i take it back. if i click on the link it’s identified as “spammy” wtf
Show threadPaul Haddad Apr 7, 2023
@44 where's the gain though for this one?Doesn’t make much sense.
Show threadSagittarius A*Apr 7, 2023
@44 or possibly literally the same people, given how tesla people now moonlight at twitter.
Show threadmenottiApr 7, 2023
@real_sag_astar yep
Show threadMattApr 5, 2023
@44 i love sports content on there but uninstalling the app to use a web browser with ad blocker makes sense. Done.
Show threadmenottiApr 5, 2023
@mattcrwi yeah it is hard to replace the sports content 😞
Show threadMattApr 5, 2023

@44 I've also legit learned a lot for my career by following other programmers.

I can only imagine someone who made a career off the algorithm not being able to give up the algorithm until it's truly dead.

Show threadAkseli Apr 5, 2023
@44 use Nitter services for browsing twitter, like https://nitter.unixfox.eu/

Nitter
Show threadArtilectZedApr 5, 2023

@44 If you're going to lurk on the birdsite, make use of Nitter.

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter

And if you don't want to run your own instance of Nitter, you can find public instances.

https://github.com/xnaas/nitter-instances

GitHub - zedeus/nitter: Alternative Twitter front-end

Alternative Twitter front-end. Contribute to zedeus/nitter development by creating an account on GitHub.

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