Social Media: The God That Failed

[BurtReynolds]

Isn't Mastodon pretty decentralized? Sounds like deplatforming tactics are pretty hard to pull off there. It's basically what a lot of the right have been calling for for a while.

[BurtReynolds]

Its only proper, with democracy at stake.

It begins?

[Bi_3]

Far too optimistic.

[spike]

ell oh ell

[BurtReynolds]

If only there was some kind of icon we could use to separate the real ones from the fakes.

[Bi_3]

If only there was some kind of icon we could use to separate the real ones from the fakes.

Verified folks have been able to this before Elon took over, it was just a warning before and not a temporary suspension of the check.

[Bi_3]

Facts:

'Merica:

[dimejinky99]

Probably just isn’t interested in constantly getting excited about verified user @markhamil’s fake upcoming Star Wars project claims

Hardly. There was a mass migration to the Ireland Mastadon space over the weekend. Twitters European head office is in Dublin. 500 people there have been informed their jobs are gone.
Fuck that. On top of all the other bullshit musk is doing to ruin Twitter.

[Bi_3]

Isn't Mastodon pretty decentralized? Sounds like deplatforming tactics are pretty hard to pull off there. It's basically what a lot of the right have been calling for for a while.

Maybe? I don't quite understand it but it's not like Tor where there is little local control. Users can block at the server level (only right thinking folks allowed in!) and it appears it uses OAuth for A&A, a good thing, but it also appears the accounts are local meaning the server you sign up on matters.

[B]

If only there was some kind of icon we could use to separate the real ones from the fakes.

There's an icon that tells people you're willing to give the world's richest man $8 a month.

[Bi_3]

While I am aware none of you rocket scientists will read it, here is Twitter's Roth explaining the new rules and stating the blue check change (which no one cares about lol) will be delayed until after the elections today:

[B]

While I am aware none of you rocket scientists will read it,

I DID read the part where you were winning us over by being a sarcastic dick.

[spike]

While I am aware none of you rocket scientists will read it, here is Twitter's Roth explaining the new rules and stating the blue check change (which no one cares about lol) will be delayed until after the elections today:

It probably won’t work, but give us $8 for now. K thx!

[BurtReynolds]

Most bots aren't verified, so charging 8$ for a checkmark does nothing unless they plan on making Twitter a subscription model. And checkmarks are absolutely no symbol for truth now, so that isn't going to change.

[Bi_3]

Most bots aren't verified, so charging 8$ for a checkmark does nothing unless they plan on making Twitter a subscription model. And checkmarks are absolutely no symbol for truth now, so that isn't going to change.

Different problem.

This is the key part I think most folkx were missing:

By leveraging Apple Pay and Google Pay they backdoor multi-factor authentication into the system without overburdening the platform itself.

[spike]

Most bots aren't verified, so charging 8$ for a checkmark does nothing unless they plan on making Twitter a subscription model. And checkmarks are absolutely no symbol for truth now, so that isn't going to change.

Different problem.

This is the key part I think most folkx were missing:

By leveraging Apple Pay and Google Pay they backdoor multi-factor authentication into the system without overburdening the platform itself.

Except they admit it probably won’t work, otherwise why delay Twitter Blue?

[B]

Couldn't you do that for a penny?

[BurtReynolds]

Most bots aren't verified, so charging 8$ for a checkmark does nothing unless they plan on making Twitter a subscription model. And checkmarks are absolutely no symbol for truth now, so that isn't going to change.

Different problem.

This is the key part I think most folkx were missing:

By leveraging Apple Pay and Google Pay they backdoor multi-factor authentication into the system without overburdening the platform itself.

But bots don't have to bother with any of that unless they plan on making twitter a subscription model, or at least severely limiting what free accounts can do. All it does is prevent spammers from being verified. They'll still be in the pool of the vast majority of users who use it for free.

[spike]

Couldn't you do that for a penny?

It has to be so much money that a spammer won’t want to part with it. Like $8.

[BurtReynolds]

Well they're not individual actors. They are bot banks of thousands.