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Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by Kye »

aquova wrote: post #65
reitanqild wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Drew DeWalt is there and a number of others, especially the creators of the fediverse like Eugene and others ;-) FWIW you can also use an account on i.e. Mastodon to follow twitter users. I suddenly realized because I was following a twitter users through a gateway, probably because someone had boosted a tweet from that account sometime and I had followed based on that. That should take care of following at least.

I didn't realize this was a feature, and I haven't been able to find any information on how to follow Twitter users in this way. How do you go about doing it? If I can follow select Twitter users on Mastodon, that would really incentivize me to use it further.

This isn't an official feature. People run bots to syndicate tweets. Some people use crossposters.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by MasterScrat »

paulgb wrote: post #82
codedokode wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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_...

I don't understand how someone could be tech-savvy enough to know about ETH and actually own some, while at the same time falling for such scams.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by nashashmi »

userbinator wrote: post #83

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: "…

I think these euphemisms are healthy. better than posting the entire link. Similar to the @ and # handles.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by Kye »

nerdponx wrote: post #87
fenwick67 wrote: post #86

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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.

I don't know what your basis is for this assertion, but it's not true in the case of Mastodon. It functions just fine. I don't need some random checkmark bearer on there to enjoy my little corner of the fediverse. The instance I'm on covers its costs with a Patreon. That's true of most I interact with. There is no need for massive scale. Only ad-supported centralized services require that to function.

Not everyone has eating the world as a goal. Lance Ulanoff didn't understand this when he declared Mastodon DOA two years ago because he couldn't find William Shatner, and people continue to make the same mistake. I don't want to follow William Shatner or Lance Ulanoff, so they can stay on Twitter with people who do.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by slig »

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…

What's next? Banning QR codes containing wallet address?

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by 59nadir »

MasterScrat wrote: post #92
paulgb wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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_...

I don't understand how someone could be tech-savvy enough to know about ETH and actually own some, while at the same time falling for such scams.

I would wager most of the people dealing in crypto currencies are actually precisely the kind of people that would fall for pretty much anything. I don't think it's a stretch to say that the fact that they deal in crypto currencies is actually a pretty good indication that they would.

Re: Twitter is rejecting posts containing JSFiddle URLs

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Post by _pmf_ »

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.

> From my perspective it is just bots, "influencers", and propaganda.

That's completely up to you; you need to create your own bubble (for better or worse).

What I find bad is that there's no "circles" concept (both incoming and outgoing). While the "incoming" part is not a problem for me, the "outgoing" part is (example: posting slightly conservative views will cause tech snowflakes among your followers to be upset; I'd like to restrict outgoing tweets to a subset of my followers).

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