X.com is gonna snitch you out to the public if you use a VPN
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#2Or theres a lot of people who like to troll and propagandize americans for nationalism and racism
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#3I'm going to be honest, I have no issue with this.
For anyone that it matters for, they won't care it shows they are using a vpn and for anyone trying to be deceitful using a vpn then it will downplay their credibility.
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#4Slowly but surely turning into 4chan /pol/, now with country flags too!
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#5I do not use twitter, so do not care.
But if you use a fake name and fake email, which people should be using on twitter, who cares.
Also if you self host your VPN, how would twitter know. Looks like only people using a commercial VPN will be flagged.
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#6This is a good thing.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-influencers-accidenta...
”Dozens of major accounts masquerading as “America First” or “MAGA” proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria.
In one example, the account MAGANationX—with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading “Patriot Voice for We The People”—is actually based in Eastern Europe.”
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#7I don't like the idea of linking VPN usage with something shady or illegal. Privacy is a human right, and knowing that I'm using a VPN or not doesn't change how "authentic" or truthful the post is.
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#8X has a pandemic of people pretending to be Americans (or Westerners in general) saying edgy or controversial things in order to encourage engagement and subsequently earn money from X's program. This is why this feature was added.
IMHO the program itself just encourages misinformation and should be scrapped.
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#9Or theres a lot of people who like to troll and propagandize americans for nationalism and racism
Yeah. This feature seems mostly fine, and fairly effective at highlighting troll farms.
There's been a whole slew of the most prolific accounts that were spamming inflamatory political propaganda, ostensibly targeting Europe or the US that have been reveal to operate out of India, Pakistan, south east asia, etc.
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#10"“When you read content on X, you should be able to verify its authenticity. This is critical to getting a pulse on important issues happening in the world,” posted Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, back on October 14, 2025."
That feature of showing where an account was created was on for a bit and then turned off... it highlights that many accounts implying they are in the USA are actually not and probably not who they claim to be.