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Re: Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

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Post by DelightfulScone »

deanclatworthy wrote: post #19
volaski wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was another news a couple of hours ago that they resigned from Bitcoin foundation board, so it indeed is very sinister https://bitcoinfoundation.org/blog/?p=462

Did you read my first point? Whilst I understand it's perfectly normal for BTC community members to jump to rash conclusions, I feel this time it's misguided given the numerous ways that tweets can be recovered. So what exactly would wiping them achieve?

I'm not much of a fan of "X probably didn't do Y because I cannot guess what would be to gain."

There has been no word from Gox that their social account has been compromised so the clearest conclusion to guess is that they wiped their timeline. Why? That doesn't exactly matter before establishing who and right now the who seems to be Gox.

Re: Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

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Post by DerpDerpDerp »

SwellJoe wrote: post #20
gojomo wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, destroying evidence once a lawsuit is filed is a definite no-no. But what's one more no-no in a career of no-no's? An account compromise is possible. Perhaps they're about to take some steps they'd previously publicly assured people they wouldn't, and don't want the obsolete assurances to be easy-to-reference.

That's a good theory...they may be figuring out that they can't possibly provide what they've promised, and are wanting to not have an easy trail of evidence of exactly what has been promised. But, I don't think deleting things from Twitter has ever been considered "destroying evidence" in court. But, I suppose there's a first for everything. Usually, it'd be manipulating or deleting emails that have been subpoenaed,…

It's also likely that Twitter still retains a copy of the Tweet even when deleted, and will be asked for copies during the discovery process if it comes to a lawsuit.

Re: Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

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Post by MysticFear »

gojomo wrote: post #15

They've clearly suffered a Twitter Malleability attack.

I am not sure why people blame Mt. Gox for a problem within the Twitter protocol that always 'deletions'. We discussed the solution with the Twitter core developers and will allow our tweets to be displayed again once it has been approved and standardized.

Re: Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

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Post by verroq »

IMHO, this is a ruse. Only Gox knows if they are going under or not. By playing up the trend of bad news, they are forcing down the prices of Gox BTC which they can buy up at extremely generous prices.

The more they make it look like they are screwed, the cheaper people will sell. Thus they can keep this facade up for months. As long as they don't go under, they profit.

Re: Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

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Post by andylynch »

SwellJoe wrote: post #20
gojomo wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, destroying evidence once a lawsuit is filed is a definite no-no. But what's one more no-no in a career of no-no's? An account compromise is possible. Perhaps they're about to take some steps they'd previously publicly assured people they wouldn't, and don't want the obsolete assurances to be easy-to-reference.

That's a good theory...they may be figuring out that they can't possibly provide what they've promised, and are wanting to not have an easy trail of evidence of exactly what has been promised. But, I don't think deleting things from Twitter has ever been considered "destroying evidence" in court. But, I suppose there's a first for everything. Usually, it'd be manipulating or deleting emails that have been subpoenaed,…

These messages would almost certainly be subject to a legal hold, even if no-one's actually started formal proceedings yet. Removing them from public view on Twitter is probably fine from a legal standpoint, deleting them entirely would be a very bad idea.

Re: Mt.Gox's tweets are all gone

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Post by tlrobinson »

pmorici wrote: post #29

Check out the recent update to this YouTube video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP1YsMlrfF0 Apparently liquidity problems and solvency problems are different problems, who knew.

Oh wow. I see 3 possibilities:

1. Mt Gox is going under, probably this week.

2. These people are utterly clueless about public relations and how the public perceives their actions.

3. This is all a big prank. You've been punked.

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