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Epistemology is social -- let's get good at it. Coming soon: an error-seeking network. Right now: Preserving the #ScienceTwitter graph. By @john_d_beatty

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Science Twitter is valuable, but Twitter is going through an uncertain phase at the moment. Let's archive the Science Twitter follow graph using scientists' ORCIDs just in case. We built a tool for this -- it takes just one minute to contribute! https://t.co/9ItmbRSl23

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It's possible we'll pay for the Twitter API, but there are no details on costs or how the APIs will change, both technically and legally.

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The Science Twitter graph archive project has one week to live as Twitter's API is being shut off on February 9th. Archive while you still can: https://t.co/9ItmbRSl23.

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Reference: https://t.co/P23qBciaOz

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Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵

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While the Twitter API is non-functional for most 3rd-party clients, the Twitter API is still working for OpenCheck, for now.
https://t.co/wgHtEHMPWA

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Tweetbot and other clients are experiencing problems logging in to Twitter. We’ve reached out to Twitter for more details, but haven’t heard back.

We’re hoping this is just a temporary glitch and will let you know more as soon as we know more.

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Also, coming soon:
A novel way to find new follows with special support for Mastodon.
Bi-directional sync with Wikidata for people we believe can pass the notability test.

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If you tried to register but you never got the verification email, I now have a simple solution for you: Just try to log in with that email. If you had a pending registration it will simply send you the verification email. Also, a few new features now and coming soon:

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✅ The browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox have launched. See https://t.co/Jl3BSrgLBB

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Identical source as the Firefox extension (except V3 manifest rather than V2). It also works as a Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey user script as well, if you prefer.

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The OpenCheck Chrome extension is now released as well: https://t.co/IClPhI3MOQ.

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A prototype of the Firefox extension for OpenCheck's new community-based identity verification system is now available: https://t.co/bSjfnkUrGi. Chrome and other browsers coming soon. See video for how it works:

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Finally, note that on Mastodon a browser extension isn't necessary to validate identity, thanks to Mastodon's openness -- you can link to your OpenCheck public URL and because it links back with rel="me" it will turn green.

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A prototype of the Firefox extension for OpenCheck's new community-based identity verification system is now available: https://t.co/bSjfnkUrGi. Chrome and other browsers coming soon. See video for how it works:

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It requests the minimum set of permissions necessary. If you want to check identities but don't want to install the extension, just go to https://t.co/GpwvhVS0Uf

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Voting is available from the account page of ORCID-authenticated accounts with verified publication histories. This will expand as the web-of-trust grows.

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A prototype of community-based identity verification is now live. Tools to check Twitter identities are available now (https://t.co/64EIjIY1Q5 and browser bookmarklet) with browser extensions and user scripts coming soon.

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The system is bootstrapped off existing ORCID-authenticated accounts with verified publication histories along with Wikidata. A web-of-trust is being formed with a voting (now available) that currently looks like this:

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More about the motivation, principles, and draft design of this project is here: https://t.co/g3Z1YjwUua