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X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by pseudo0 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #87
agentifysh wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged with non-American IPs running hugely popular accounts and it makes sense, why wouldn't you play both sides when you are paid for attention? I'm thinking Nikita is falling out with Elon as they both seem to have diverging goals with the platform. Advertisement revenues on X isn't that great and neither are conversions on X so you can't really get consistent pay…

> I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged… One side has largely left X.

The stats don't bear that out. Bluesky has been losing momentum since the election, with its DAU dropping from around 3.5 million to under 1.5 million today. For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. Right-wing alternative platforms had similar issues sustaining momentum, despite a much stronger push factor (right-wing people kept getting banned). It's hard to overcome the power of Twitter's network effect.

https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=3m

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by albedoa »

stefan_ wrote: post #100
lurk2 wrote: post #40

Anyone who follows the space closely has known about this for at least the last year. It was quite common for these accounts to make slip-ups that revealed their country of origin and to subsequently be doxxed by ideological enemies or rival influencers (they all want to be the leader and they all absolutely hate each other). Almost all of these accounts are operating out of India or Israel. The Indians are usually i…

Where are all these Israeli accounts? That just seems to be your weird personal bias. Weird, because you can just confirm it for yourself now!

> Weird, because you can just confirm it for yourself now!

That is exactly what is happening and what is being reported on. The thing you attribute to "weird personal bias" is being widely exposed.

We should probably examine your weird personal bias. Weird, because you could just read the article!

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by ecoled_ame »

malfist wrote: post #109
ecoled_ame wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Sorry to break it to you bud, but girls on the internet aren't usually girls in real life.

You don’t think girls use the internet? I’ve met some in real life, know a bunch who clearly aren’t fake. That’s why they hang out on twitter. Places like HackerNews are cool for guys, but not fun. Twitter may be chaotic, but it’s fun for girls and many feel comfortable there. They can post stuff, kind of like pinterest.

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by pixl97 »

TJSomething wrote: post #79
andybak wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I might have a very different reading of the parable of the cave to you? Can you elaborate? (At the risk of spoiling the joke)

It matches my usual reading pretty closely. Society gives names to things that aren't real and then argues about them. Twitter is a microcosm of this with their own categories and assemblages of ideas that are even less real than those present in broader society.

Really Twitter may be one of the worse ones, but the internet really has become CGP Grey's this video will make you angry.

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

#125

Post by ecoled_ame »

malfist wrote: post #117
ecoled_ame wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s an online bar to meet girls and flex your creativity.

If you believe those girls fawning over your creativity are real, then I've got a link for hot single milfs in your area wanting to talk to you.

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Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by Muromec »

agentifysh wrote: post #7

X obviously isn't the only platform where this is taking place and it is curious as to why they rolled it back. how open are you to a US citizen verified town square online? You'd have to scan your passport or driver license to post memes and stuff.

If only there was some kind of PKI that could attest the identity of the person. It's a shame, that US doesn't have a government capable of running it.

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by ceejayoz »

pseudo0 wrote: post #121
ceejayoz wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't think so because it seems both sides were engaged… One side has largely left X.

The stats don't bear that out. Bluesky has been losing momentum since the election, with its DAU dropping from around 3.5 million to under 1.5 million today. For comparison Twitter has over 100 million. Right-wing alternative platforms had similar issues sustaining momentum, despite a much stronger push factor (right-wing people kept getting banned). It's hard to overcome the power of Twitter's network effect. https:…

> For comparison Twitter has over 100 million.

We're on a thread about widespread fake/inauthentic users on Twitter right now. I see very little reason to trust those numbers.

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by lurk2 »

stefan_ wrote: post #100
lurk2 wrote: post #40

Anyone who follows the space closely has known about this for at least the last year. It was quite common for these accounts to make slip-ups that revealed their country of origin and to subsequently be doxxed by ideological enemies or rival influencers (they all want to be the leader and they all absolutely hate each other). Almost all of these accounts are operating out of India or Israel. The Indians are usually i…

Where are all these Israeli accounts? That just seems to be your weird personal bias. Weird, because you can just confirm it for yourself now!

> Where are all these Israeli accounts?

The Department of Homeland Security, for one.

Edit: Link removed as I was disinformed by a /pol/ PsyOp.

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by prmph »

happosai wrote: post #118
jsheard wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Turns out that if you pay users for engagement then users will post whatever gets the most engagement, regardless of whether it's true. Who could have forseen this.

To be fair I don't think many expected making people angry would be the best strategy for engagement. You would think people would get tired of being angry and would stop using web sites that keep making them angry.

Why would people stop using sites that continually provide them a daily dose of righteous anger, making their dreary lives a bit more meaningful?

Re: X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run

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Post by ceejayoz »

ecoled_ame wrote: post #125
malfist wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you believe those girls fawning over your creativity are real, then I've got a link for hot single milfs in your area wanting to talk to you.

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The sort of people who think "girls need colorful websites and a bunch of them are friends with me on Twitter" are the same ones who think "that stripper really likes me".
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