A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter • Hacker News Board

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by Nextgrid » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:12 PM UTC

TekMol wrote: post #28

matthew-wegner wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does it need to be "web3" and not "RSS"?

How do you prevent someone from copying your RSS and making it their RSS? Where is the proof that you published it first? How do you show that you have many followers when you publish via RSS? How do you "like" something you read via RSS? How do you comment on it? How do you like and comment in a way that proves your identity? How do you prove to the world that your identity is important - aka that you have lots of f…

> How do you prevent someone from copying your RSS and making it their RSS? Where is the proof that you published it first?

How do you prevent someone from minting their own NFT using your NFT's underlying image file? You could rely on a third-party centralized search engine which looks at the actual content to determine which one appeared first, and the same would apply to RSS.

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by nullc » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:13 PM UTC

This is standard. Reddit's started doing it too recently. Totally random stuff, instabanned. Reddit threatened me with a suspension for threatening violence over a polite and entirely non-violent post.

Meanwhile, I report actual revenge porn, and they reply that it doesn't violate their content guidelines. (and I mean completely unambiguous with a posters gloating about how it shows up when googling the victims name and that her classmates and future employers would see it)

I went through months a while back trying to get twitter to remove an impersonator claiming to be me (and using my photographs, etc.) who's MO was to start conversations with friends/family/professional comments and begin cussing them out. Didn't want to do anything about it.

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by paulgb » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:13 PM UTC

Kukumber wrote: post #17

What i find surprising is people willing to trust a random person saying they got banned without elements to prove it I find this very suspicious, why not show what twitter told you? that seems to be the first thing someone would share when they complain about getting banned I'll go with "trying to surf on the Stray hype to get clicks" until proper more details are shared

I suppose it’s possible someone would make this up, but having dealt several times with erroneous content removal / account blocking from FANG companies, the story rings true.

E.g. I’m currently banned from Google Ads because they “detected suspicious payments” without ever trying to charge my card (the same card I use without issue for GCP and Google Workspace). They’ve denied three appeals without any information and still won’t tell me how to fix it. I have a feeling I’ll have to write one of these blog posts to make anything happen.

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by pixelpoet » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:13 PM UTC

mkl95 wrote: post #19

enraged_camel wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s Mechanical Turk . Although Mechanical Turkey sounds cooler. :)

I'll leave it unedited for the giggles.

For the gobbles

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by FreeTrade » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

OrangeMonkey wrote: post #12

This is how big tech does damage to humans. Love it or hate it, the online world is our current public square. A public square, in the united states, has typically been an area where people can shout out their concerns or whatever they want to anyone who can listen and the government cannot stop it. Currently, our public squares are owned by private megacorporations that not only ban people for reasons many people ag…

These megacorporations answer that you're using a 'private platform' - the answer is to use a public platform.

https://youtu.be/SkaaPcjKI2E

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

Kukumber wrote: post #17

What i find surprising is people willing to trust a random person saying they got banned without elements to prove it I find this very suspicious, why not show what twitter told you? that seems to be the first thing someone would share when they complain about getting banned I'll go with "trying to surf on the Stray hype to get clicks" until proper more details are shared

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Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by WaxProlix » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

TekMol wrote: post #13

Every time I read about these dystopian deplatforming events on Hacker News, my first reaction is to write a comment on how we could find our way out of this. Then the term "Web3" comes up in my mind, and then I think "Oh now, this is HN, they will burn you alive" and I turn to other things again. But right now, for some reason I feel so strongly about, I'll give it another try. Wouldn't it be great if we could tackl…

You can use a redirector extension to change twitter to nitter links.

I don't think web3 solves any of the problems you're mentioning in a real world way, which is probably (a part of) why you get strong reactions here.

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by pid_0 » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

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Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by jefftk » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

lebed2045 wrote: post #32

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #26

I'm in Thailand and just get this message: We've discontinued servicing users from your location and are thereby preventing access to any of the websites owned and operated by ZAM Network, LLC DBA Fanbyte (the owner of Fanbyte.com): This decision is ultimately one we were forced to make due to the number of visitors from your region when compared to the operational costs necessary to continue providing access there.…

Could you please elaborate? Twitter stopped working with particular ISP because of cost related problems?

The host of this article has decided to stop providing service to Thailand. Maybe because of the cost of compliance with internet regulations there?

Re: A clip from Stray got me banned from Twitter

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Post by lebed2045 » Sat, Jul 23, 2022, 1:14 PM UTC

OrangeMonkey wrote: post #12

This is how big tech does damage to humans. Love it or hate it, the online world is our current public square. A public square, in the united states, has typically been an area where people can shout out their concerns or whatever they want to anyone who can listen and the government cannot stop it. Currently, our public squares are owned by private megacorporations that not only ban people for reasons many people ag…

I’m ex Facebook software engineer (even had selfie with Zuckerberg as the avatar picture) who got banned on Facebook. Up to this day I have no clue what for. But it’s extremely annoying because I lost lots of photos that I didn’t back up and close to thousand contracts of people. Users should definitely own this data, not a corporation.