- www.techdirt.com Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It
There was a bit of news in the world of decentralized social media over the past few weeks. It kicked off with the announcement that Jack Dorsey had left the board of Bluesky. This was followed by …
- mobilesyrup.com X will soon no longer let you hide your blue checkmark
It looks like X is dropping the ability to hide the dreaded blue checkmark.
- I wrote a short guide and some helper scripts for anyone that wants to have a more complete, browsable tweet archive
I found that when I was preparing to leave Twitter, the native archive feature was totally broken, so I published my personal solution since the old scrapers died with last year's api changes: (though you'll need to be comfortable pasting a couple commands into your terminal if you want to try it)
https://github.com/mcthomas/tweet-archive
- Now that Nitter is dead, is there a way of bypassing the firewall without a Twitter account?
I used to use Nitter to bypass the limited firewalling so I could sometimes look at what a corporation or a band had said or done. Is there any site that lets you see into the site, blocks the trackers Elon's installed etc?
- www.engadget.com The SEC accuses Elon Musk of trying to 'distort’ its investigation into his takeover of Twitter
In a new filing, the SEC accuses Elon Musk of trying to “misrepresent” the regulator’s investigation into his Twitter takeover
- thehill.com X revives policy targeting deadnaming, misgendering
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, updated its abuse and harassment rules to revive regulations around content that misgenders or deadnames individuals. The quiet update comes less t…
- Bluesky federation goes livebsky.social Bluesky: An Open Social Web - Bluesky
Today, we’re excited to announce that the Bluesky network is federating, or opening up in a way that allows you to host your own data.
- mashable.com The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests
These numbers are legitimately shocking.
These numbers are legitimately shocking.
Nearly 76% of traffic from X to its clients' sites was fake during Super Bowl weekend
No other platform came close to that
There's a few interesting data points in the piece but here's one traffic comparison:
Fake user visits to tracked ads from social media platforms over Super Bowl weekend:
- X / Twitter: 75.9%
- TikTok: 2.6%
- Facebook: 2%
- Instagram: 0.7%
- Get URLs for all tweets within date range?
What is the best tool to get URLs for all tweets within a given date range?
The ideal behaviour I'm looking for would be something like this:
Input:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX 2023-09-01 2024-02-08Output:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1755763378449183003#mhttps://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1755759459765567825#mhttps://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1755752291578302545#m...
What would be the best tool to achieve this? Thanks in advance!
- Elon Musk’s X-odus: A Chance for Mastodon to Shine
Open Source Community, Seize the Day!
- www.forbes.com Elon Musk Is Crafting A Narrative For The Death Of Twitter
Elon Musk has said and done a lot of weird and outrageous things during his tenure as the owner of Twitter (now X), but we may have just seen the weirdest and most outrageous.
- www.techdirt.com Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn’t Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!
So, yesterday we covered Elon Musk’s ridiculous censorial threat to sue Media Matters “the split second the court opens on Monday.” Of course, as we noted, you can file lawsuits 24/7. And yet, as t…
... Finally, this isn’t exactly a “problem” with the lawsuit, but I’ll just note the conflict in two separate statements:
X Corp. and Elon Musk are a critical Media Matters target because X is the most prominent online platform that permits users to share all viewpoints, whether liberal or conservative, and Mr. Musk is the most prominent voice on the platform and a passionate supporter of free speech.
That’s in paragraph 41 on pages 11 and 12. On Page 14 in the prayer for relief we get this:
A preliminary and permanent injunction ordering Defendants to immediately delete, take down, or otherwise remove the article entitled “As Musk Endorses Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory, X Has Been Placing Ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle, and Xfinity Next to Pro-Nazi Content From Its Web” from all websites and social media accounts owned, controlled, or operated, directly or indirectly, by Defendants;
So… within the span of about 2 to 3 pages we are told that Elon Musk and exTwitter are passionate supporters of free speech that allow “all viewpoints” to be shared and that Musk is filing this lawsuit to force Media Matters to take down speech that he admits is absolutely true, but where he doesn’t like how they portrayed things.
Anyway, kudos to Elon. This really takes stupid SLAPP suits to incredible new levels. I didn’t think you’d be able to find a lawyer who would file a lawsuit so stupid, that makes you look this ridiculous, but you did it. Just like people doubted your ability to shoot rockets into space or make popular electric vehicles, I should not have doubted your ability to file absolutely nonsense SLAPP suits that are this laughable.
- www.reuters.com X may lose up to $75 mln by year-end on advertiser exodus - NYT
Elon Musk-owned social media company X could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns, the New York Times reported on Friday.
- A People's Twittersecure.avaaz.org Click here to join this campaign at Avaaz!
Elon Musk, the richest man on Earth, just bought Twitter. He'll start making changes to the platform when the deal goes through -- as soon as next week -- and if we don’t ensure that all users are respected and heard, our public square is at risk.Let’s make sure Musk's Twitter serves the community t...
- Blue checks aren't protecting sex workers from X's porn crackdowntechcrunch.com Blue checks aren't protecting sex workers from X's porn crackdown | TechCrunch
When X (formerly Twitter) launched paid subscription verification, Mistress Rouge, a professional dominatrix, hoped that it would help her advertise to Sex workers bought Twitter Blue in hopes that it would protect them from being shadowbanned and deplatformed. Under X's new nudity policy, they're b...
- gizmodo.com People Want Threads to Be Old Twitter. Threads Would Prefer Not To.
As Israel-Hamas misinformation floods X, Meta rejects calls to promote news content on Threads. Zuckerberg doesn't need to replace Twitter, he just has to destroy it.
- Okay X/Twitter has a very very very odd background image on its Brand Assets page such that I literally thought that my screen has dirt.
Okay X/Twitter has a very very very odd background image on its Brand Assets page such that I literally thought that my screen has dirt. https://about.twitter.com/en/who-we-are/brand-toolkit
- www.rollingstone.com Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Telling People to Follow Antisemitic Account for War Updates
In the since-deleted tweet, Musk encouraged his nearly 160 million X followers to follow accounts known for spreading lies
- www.nbcnews.com Verified accounts spread fake news release about a Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel
The edited White House news release has sparked false headlines that rose to the top of Google search results.
- www.cnbc.com SEC sues to force Elon Musk to testify in Twitter probe
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Elon Musk in an effort to compel the Twitter owner to testify regarding his purchase of the company.
- www.theguardian.com Elon Musk says Twitter, now X, could charge all users subscription fees
Billionaire also says platform has 550 million monthly users generating up to 200m posts a day
- Elon musk Change Twitter to X I say Twitter is way better we have to get Twitter back.chng.it Sign the Petition
Elon musk Change Twitter to X I say Twitter is way better we have to get Twitter back.
Yet another petition against Twitter's name change, but it's poorly written with bad English.
- www.techdirt.com DOJ To Court: Here Are The Many, Many Reasons Why The FTC Can & Should Be Investigating Elon Musk’s Handling Of User Data
If you read this morning’s story about Elon Musk’s impulsive decision to move servers out of Sacramento and up to Portland in a dangerous and wholly unsecure manner, and wondered if the FTC (who ha…
- themarkup.org Twitter is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself – The Markup
Loading links to Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Substack takes far longer than to other sites. We built a tool so you can check any domain you like…
- How to bypass Twitter's forced login?
Haven't used Twitter in years, fully deleted my account when Musk took over. Unfortunately I need to see a user profile now. I just wanted to see one old page, but apparently I can no longer do that without logging in.
Is there any up-to-date method for bypassing this? I tried uBlock zapper to no avail.
- When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalismwww.damemagazine.com When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalism | Dame Magazine
It’s heartbreaking what ten years and a Nazi-enabling takeover can do to one of the most important tech utilities of the modern era. I speak, of course, of Twitter. Ten years ago this summer, I built the bulk of my core Twitter following while live-blogging a landmark legislative session for abortio...
- www.semafor.com Twitter appears to throttle New York Times | Semafor
X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users’ access to The New York Times.
- I just got clickbaited by the new Twitter logo
Encountering one of these embedded tweets in a blog post, my hand instinctively moved to click the X and close it. That took me to the website.
Could this be a clever ruse to generate more visits? Is Elon Musk actually more cunning than we give him credit?
- Twitter wont unban me
My twitter account got hacked and some people tried to login in from a different place. I was literally not aware of this because I had a exam that time so was not using Twitter. After the exam when I opened my twitter it got suspended because they detected "suspicious" behaviour on my account. I tried appealing them multiple times with no response.
- www.iflscience.com What Is An Arkose Challenge? The Anti-Bot Verification Test Used By Twitter/X
If CAPTCHA had you sweating, you ain't seen nothing yet.
