Daniel Rubino 

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The funny thing is, a few weeks ago, I had a "status" feature on Twitter (beta testing), which was fun, and the ability to post a GIF, JPG, and video all in one post at the same time.

All that is gone, but businesses now have square avatars and gold check marks, so that's neat.

A poll tax is coming to Twitter. Only Elon fans can participate.

Also, we didn't vote on this change, but 🤷

Introducing FREEBIRD TRENDS!

Currently, Mastodon only shows trending hashtags from the past 24-48 hours.
Which is good, but does not allow users to discover and talk about the most latest trends.

Freebird Trends is a simple web application that shows 1H, 12H and 24H trending hashtags for Mastodon!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

You can view the web app at https://freebird.network

Please share suggestions/bugs! Always looking to improve this service in any way possible! 🐦

Freebird Trends

Mastodon trends provided by the freebird network

Excellent reporting from Eileen Guo (https://www.eileenguo.com) in the MIT Tech Review: "A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?" untangling the well-named "global supply chain for data"

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/19/1065306/roomba-irobot-robot-vacuums-artificial-intelligence-training-data-privacy/

Eileen Guo

Journalist covering tech, policy, and unintended consequences.

Eileen Guo

Protip for the new mastodonians: don't obfuscate names or words - only hashtags work for search so you won't get troll bombed if you say Elon Musk.

Filters, however, work on anything, so those who don't want to see Elon Musk won't see this post.

But if you write El*n M*sk they WILL see it, and that might make them mad, so don't do it okay? Let people use their filters.

I wonder if the app is going to get better. Do people who use this here still like Teams, or is it "I'm forced to by work," situation?

https://mastodon.cloud/@windowscentral/109541812430325787

Windows Central :verified: (@[email protected])

Microsoft Teams Premium is set to come out in February 2023. You can try it now in preview to see if it's worth $10 per month. https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/you-can-now-try-microsoft-teams-premium-for-free-heres-how-to-sign-up

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We found out what really happened in the stalking incident Elon Musk cited to ban @elonjet and a bunch of journalists. This is the story we were asking Musk about on Twitter when he suspended @taylorlorenz. (I'm still suspended!) https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/
Musk blamed a Twitter account for an alleged stalker. Police see no link.

The incident last week underscored how Elon Musk’s personal concerns can influence his governance of a social media platform used by hundreds of millions of people.

The Washington Post
Lol