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I'm the Grumpy Old Ape, father of many, avid reader, lover of C++, writing 24/7 software that keeps your lights on.
he/him
[email protected]

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https://t.co/pjb1XG8pON

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“There were 100s of 1000s of counterfeit Twitter accounts set up by Russian propaganda and disinformation [actors]?”
“Those accounts are still active on social media today. This is an ongoing campaign.” — Yoel Roth, former head of Trust & Safety at Twitter
https://t.co/9tiNLyoyzU

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LOL, yet another walk back, because the "genius" hadn't thought there'd be uses of the API even he approves.
But what's "good bots" mean? He will decide this based on his personal prefs and moods, mostly on a whim (and maybe revise it later), and Nazi bots are very welcome.

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"All of your #Twitter DMs are kept into perpetuity. They can be accessed and read by anybody at Twitter HQ. They are not end-to-end encrypted, and are therefore not private. Consider them public knowledge." — @[email protected]
https://t.co/0iVxFHG4iG

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@J_EMO_T @ItsMrTruth @TwitterDev That's as stupid a take as "Web servers are full of child porn!"
Mastodon is free software, which everybody can use, but servers not taking actions against problematic users are de-federated. It's very a efficient system. I have never seen any child porn. (I have on Twitter.)

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@conspirator0 @ZellaQuixote I guess that's it, then, for your wonderful service? Not that I used it much in recent weeks/months, I have almost completely switched to Mastodon and only look here very occasionally.
Anyway, thank you very much for your this!

https://t.co/zIP94Q3HcW

[Developers @XDevelopers]

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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@pati_gallardo @_Yulivee_ @ninkibah @turtlesec_no That's cold compared to Berlin, where we usually have +5C during winter. Usually with a drizzle, admittedly, which makes this mean. But not as cold as below zero.

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@BrownguyinUS1 Yes, they know so much more about privacy where you live, which is *squints at graph* a couple hours east of UTC. — Oh, wait a minute! Why do you say you're based in the US? That's an obvious lie and the rest of your bio likely is probably just as fictional.

Bye, paid troll.

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@smurthys @hankadusikova @bjorn_fahller @AaronBallman @PeterSommerlad @mattgodbolt @dascandy42 @ericniebler @Cor3ntin @tvaneerd @lefticus There is no "the Mastodon client". There's an official one, and there's a bunch of others. (And did I mention that the latter cannot be broken, as the protocol underlying the fediverse is public?) For example, on Android I use Tusky, but you might like others more.

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@smurthys @hankadusikova @bjorn_fahller @AaronBallman @PeterSommerlad @mattgodbolt @dascandy42 @ericniebler @Cor3ntin @tvaneerd @lefticus It seems I already followed you there. 😀

(Oh, and Mastodon would have allowed you to fix the typo in that first sentence. Cool, isn't it?)

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@migueldeicaza @TwitterDev Wrong. It's just as bad, it only seems a bit less shitty since he didn't say it himself. (Yes, he's even worse at communicating, but at this point only slightly so.)

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@f @chrismessina @TwitterDev @alex193a The one Musk is quoting from? (Without attribution, of course.)

[Arne Mertz 🏳️‍🌈 @arne_mertz]

Even if they now charge their mind, that trust is lost. They've compromised and shown that providing a safe space is not their top priority.

[Arne Mertz 🏳️‍🌈 @arne_mertz]

To clarify, this is not to achieve some effect or build pressure on the organizers to uninvite the person. Its about ACCU having lost my trust by consciously deciding to invite someone who had shown that they're not safe to be around.

[Arne Mertz 🏳️‍🌈 @arne_mertz]

I have withdrawn my talk and attendance at ACCUConf. Context: https://t.co/U5sTi6ndlC

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@Waldemar100000 @NilsGerster Oh, wow, ein 100%iger Reply-Troll! Das sieht man selten. Und manchmal auch Nachtschichten? Aber bei <10 Tweets/h musst du mehrere Accounts gleichzeitig mit Inhalten bestücken, oder? Und wie ist das nachts? Ich nehme an, ihr seid mehrere, und macht das in Schichten?
Komischer Job.

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@JennyTailes @TerliWetter @OliverPlum1 @Joel8315 Es sei denn, diese Diskussionen sind genau das Ziel dieser Online-Trolle.
Und wenn ich mir mal die Statistik des verbackenen Jo anschaue, muss ich mich unweigerlich fragen, in welcher Zeitzone der denn lebt. Wie ein in D arbeitender Wissenschaftler sieht das jedenfalls nicht aus.