Tootfinder

Twitter, bought by a billionaire a few years ago to enable Free Speech (you remember, don't you?) was first turned into an echo chamber for this billionaire (at first, because of his ego) and his friends.
Then, verification (the blue checkmark :verified:) was turned into a thing any bot farm could obtain, as long as they paid this billionaire.
And now, everyone else – those few that might still be real humans – are limited to just 50 opinions a day.
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@… artbutmakeitsports posts directly to Threads, but they don't seem to have fediverse sharing turned on. fediverse alternative is a bot that mirrors the twitter account: @…

Gibt es schon einen Bot, der sich die Accounts von #wirverlassenx anschaut und sich meldet, wenn die wieder bei #Twitter schreiben? 😏

According to a peer-reviewed study in @…, the algorithms that control our largest social media platforms intentionally and explicitly tilted the playing field for Donald Trump and the GOP.

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