There are investigations linking specific no-name Twitter accounts with less than 30 followers as the source of Musk's and Trump's disinformed beliefs. We are able to trace Trump's conspiracy beliefs of the gold being stolen in Fort Knox to just some random account on Twitter claiming it.
Whoever runs that account has more influence than you. You don't even need Russia or China to plant disinformation on a mass-scale, apparently all it takes is some Twitter Account.
There are some days I miss working at the tweet factory more than others. Today is one of those days. What a great team we had. #oneteam #twitter #lovewhereyouwork
twitter_events: Twitter, 5 events (2013-2014)
Various multiplex networks of retweets, mentions, and replies among Twitter users during specific events or occasions in 2013 and 2014.
This network has 327707 nodes and 396671 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Multilayer, Unweighted
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In which a) hilarious and b) what the fuck does Twitter need “starter packs” for anyways?
Like…everyone who’s joining Twitter is on there, man.
It’s all downhill from here. You literally got passed by threads.
Twitter: we’re coming up with new features like free revenge porn and starter packs!
Jesus. https://
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin (Naga Avan-Nomayo/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/394883/tether-hires-big-four-auditor-for-first-fu…
Wollte mal wissen, wer hinter Twttr steckt und fand dies:
"twttr.eu is a satirical art project and April Fools' joke. It is **not** a real social network and is **not** affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Twitter." https://twttr.eu/transparency
I've signed up for this. Work worth doing: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/23/got-ideas-for-growing-the-open-social-web-bring-them/
Idea I've floated over there (and on twitter) that I want to float here:
ATProto / Bluesky for social media is *bad* actually. Worse than here and even Twitter, precisely for the reason people might think it's better.
By "verifying" and rebroadcasting everything in a more precise way, you make it more dangerous by creating "better surveillance"
Mastodon ends up being better due to plausible deniability