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Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by paulgb »

tveita wrote: post #67

> Due to the nature of JSFiddle, anyone can post anything, so wallet codes are ok – we did implemented a content filter to shadow-ban these. > I asked Twitter if they they could help out and ban twitter accounts that were posting scam tweets that included links to the rouge fiddles. So they basically sent a message to Twitter saying "We're knowingly hosting malware and we don't intend to remove it, here are some exam…

I don’t think this was mining malware, I think it was just the wallet address. Twitter has been (badly) playing a cat-and-mouse game with a Cryptocurrency version of a classic 419 scam (i.e. send me money so I can send you back more). Twitter has been fighting it by flagging tweets that post wallet IDs, so the scammers have been finding other ways to obfuscate the wallet IDs, like this.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by paulgb »

codedokode wrote: post #11
vermontdevil wrote: post #4

It’s due to crypto scammers using it. From the founder’s post: At some point in the past crypto scammers used JSFiddle to host pages with a wallet code and posted links to that on Twitter. Due to the nature of JSFiddle, anyone can post anything, so wallet codes are ok – we did implemented a content filter to shadow-ban these. I asked Twitter if they they could help out and ban twitter accounts that were posting scam…

I don't understand how posting a "wallet code" is dangerous. Is it mining coins while you are browsing the code? Then it just a minor annoyance. Also, browsers should block cryptominers when they are in the background tab.

I don’t think it’s mining code, I think it’s wallet addresses posted by scammers. Here’s an example of the scam I think this is intended to curb: https://s3.amazonaws.com/aws-website-staticfiles-25g9k/elon_...

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by userbinator »

A reminder that you don't need to technically link in order to refer to a link, nor even mention the site directly:

"See JSviolin xxxxx"

If anyone gets confused, simply reply "replace violin with synonym starting with f"...

This reminds me of when YouTube banned URLs in comments (I don't think they do anymore), so people started posting pieces of them (like video IDs, the part after watch?v=...) with hints instead: "see video xxxx".

Likewise, I can refer to this page with "see HN 20122583".

The loss of being able to post a link is not good, but in no way does it absolutely stop communication. In fact, it will just cause "euphemisms" to appear, and further exercise human creativity.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by sfkdjf9j3j »

diveanon wrote: post #22

At what point is the tech community going to abandon twitter? From my perspective it is just bots, "influencers", and propaganda. I see very little social utility for using the network, especially when compared to the damage it is causing through the spread of misinformation and outright lies.

Speak for yourself I guess. I get a lot of quality content from following engineers and projects - big and small - on twitter.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by Boulth »

CodeArtisan wrote: post #58
djsumdog wrote: post #14

JSFiddle is big. They tried. They voiced concerns. They asked foe help. They got a ban with no explanation. Please just join the fediverse. It's broken too, but if you get banned, at least you can open an alt on another server. Force Twitter to be irrelevant.

>Please just join the fediverse. What would you recommend to start with? Joining the fediverse is like picking a javascript framework; There are a myriad of instances connected to a multitude of networks which are implementing a bunch of protocols. See https://fediverse.party/

https://mastodon.social an obvious choice as the majority of fediverse is there (so for example hashtags return the most relevant posts).

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by fenwick67 »

FreeHugs wrote: post #21
djsumdog wrote: post #14

JSFiddle is big. They tried. They voiced concerns. They asked foe help. They got a ban with no explanation. Please just join the fediverse. It's broken too, but if you get banned, at least you can open an alt on another server. Force Twitter to be irrelevant.

The problem is: I have yet to find a person in the fediverse that interests me. I like to read tweets from accomplished people. Successful startup founders for example. Is there anybody out there? Any links to people of significance in the fediverse?

If you want influencers, Mastodon isn't for you. The fediverse is for humans, not celebrities.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by nerdponx »

fenwick67 wrote: post #86
FreeHugs wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is: I have yet to find a person in the fediverse that interests me. I like to read tweets from accomplished people. Successful startup founders for example. Is there anybody out there? Any links to people of significance in the fediverse?

If you want influencers, Mastodon isn't for you. The fediverse is for humans, not celebrities.

Unfortunately, a lot of people do. In order to obtain the critical mass you need for a functioning social network, you need content that a lot of people will want to look at. In this case, that means influencers.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by [deleted] »

likeclockwork wrote: post #76
StudentStuff wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want the fediverse to "succeed", frankly its the only space for us LGBTQ+ to not be harassed, reply guyed, and screen-capped online that isn't a corporate hellhole. Edit: "Success" in our current world seems to be defined as the transition Reddit has gone through, where the userbase has exploded, its eaten Facebook's lunch to a fair degree, but the quality of discourse and interaction has dropped like a rock.…

> screen-capped People are upset that others are taking screenshots of their public posts?

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Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by afiori »

tomglynch wrote: post #17
FreeHugs wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is "a wallet code"?

I assume they mean a mining script - so that the person running the jsfiddle would be mining cryptocurrencies, and the proceeds would go to the scammers wallet address.

It should just be an address, the scam would be to try convince you to send money there.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by chrisacky »

This is a little offtopic, although I suppose there's a tangential link to JSFiddle getting no response from Twitter.. I too have failed in getting a response from JSFiddle..

About 70 days ago, I accidentally posted an anonymous submission to JSFiddle.

There was no excuse for this other than human error. I was working on development and production at the same time and copied a users personally identifiable from an email template that our production env sent out instead of development. The development is all sanitised but the prod contains the user's name, email and an order reference ID and what they ordered.

I submitted a take down request within 10 minutes of submitting at:

https://airtable.com/shrm1ACZfg5PsTaUa

Every day for a week I altered the reason. It's still not been taken down.

I've tried the GDPR route, the copyright route.. I didn't get a single response from them and the page was still being hosted on their site despite many many _MANY_ attempts to have it removed.

Update/Edit: Been contacted by JSFiddle directly and appreciate contact in helping resolve above.

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