Mastodawn

heyokayo Jan 27, 2023

Howard Rheingold Jan 27, 2023

LMK if you have any questions for John Markoff about his bio of Stewart Brand, "Whole Earth" for the WELL's world-readable inkwell.vue conversation
https://tinyurl.com/Brand-Whole-Earth

The WELL: John Markoff, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand, with Howard Rheingold

heyokayo Jan 13, 2023

waferbaby Jan 13, 2023

I have disabled
the API keys
that were in
the database

and which
you were probably
hoping
worked in your third-party client

Forgive me
they were annoying
no ads
and no control

heyokayo Dec 30, 2022

cap’n watsisname Dec 27, 2022

[second week of being able to talk to animals]
omg you like food I get it

heyokayo Dec 22, 2022

Davey Alba Dec 22, 2022

NEW: We documented an experiment run by Accountable Tech that shows, tangibly, that Elon Musk's popular Twitter polls can be gamed by bot-for-hire manipulation services originating in Russia, India and Turkey https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/musk-s-frequent-twitter-polls-are-at-risk-of-bot-manipulation

Musk’s Frequent Twitter Polls Are at Risk of Bot Manipulation

New research shows votes can be easily purchased during Twitter polls

Bloomberg

heyokayo Dec 22, 2022

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Davey Alba Dec 22, 2022

With less than $100, one can buy tens of thousands of votes for Twitter polls—and two Twitter ex-employees in Trust & Safety tell me the company has lacked proper safeguards to identify and eradicate inauthentic behavior and manipulation of Twitter polls. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/musk-s-frequent-twitter-polls-are-at-risk-of-bot-manipulation