Bash O Wicks

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Tech - Econ - Politics - #DCStatehood
Threadshttps://www.threads.net/@bashowicks
it's official, threads is entering the fediverse! we still have a long way to go, but this is our first major step towards the interoperability commitments we made at launch.

if you enabled federation, you will also see your replies to this post in the fediverse. try it out! to find the setting, go to Profile > Account settings > Fediverse sharing to opt-in
feels more like it's been a couple years. happy 6 months, @threads!

RE: https://www.threads.net/@0xjessel/post/C1uphLdSV9Y
@stephenrobles still trying to get a feel for how it works.
@mosseri congrats 🍾
Second, threads posted by me and a few members of the Threads team will be available on other fediverse platforms like Mastodon starting this week. This test is a small but meaningful step towards making Threads interoperable with other apps using ActivityPub – we’re committed to doing this so that people can find community and engage with the content most relevant to them, no matter what app they use.
@0xjessel hello πŸ‘‹

I love how Barnes & Noble specifically promoted some of these "banned" books. Every library and bookstore should do this.

#fascism #books #ChildrensBooks #BookBanning #FightFascism

Trying to use Debirdify to follow everyone I’m following on the bird site. It’s no easy task! 🫀

3rd party Twitter clients no longer have access to Twitter's API.

The response from Twitter? Silence.

That Twitter won't say anything is egregious. It demonstrates they should never be trusted with any developer ecosystem again.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/third-party-twitter-apps-stop-working-in-what-appears-to-be-a-widespread

Third-Party Twitter Apps Stop Working in What Appears to Be a Widespread Outage

The company's silence leaves users and developers guessing: glitch or deliberate cutoff?

PCMag
A wide range of #Twitter third party apps (including Twitterrific, Tweetbot and Echofon) appear to have been disabled. https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/state-of-the-twitterverse/
State of the Twitterverse β€’ The Breakroom

Last night at about 7:30pm PST, Twitterrific customers started reporting problems accessing Twitter via the iOS app. News quickly spread on Twitter and Mastodon that a wide range of third party apps like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, Echofon, and many others had been disabled. Strangely, Twitterrific for macOS continues to work normally. We cannot say for certain […]

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