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Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

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Post by ajross »

Leaving aside discussion of the public dumpster fire going on at Twitter, or the constant shrieking about "free speech", or the weird culture warrior turn its CEO has taken...

I've actually been reasonably pleased with Mastodon. It's got its rough edges for sure, but it's weathered the Twitter expatriation storm better than expected, and lots of folks I follow are mirroring their content there. The Fedifinder tool (fedifinder.glitch.me) is a really quite painless way to update my follow list as people move over.

I don't know whether or not Twitter is going to be "replaced" any time soon, but right now this does have sort of the feel of a Digg moment to me.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#22

Post by einpoklum »

Just so you guys know - censorship and bans on Twitter are not at all a thing of the past in the Elon Musk era. There is, of course:

https://twitter.com/JulianAssange

which is still "Account suspended"

but also new suspensions/bans, e.g. left-wing commentator Garland Nixon:

https://www.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/z2depd/garlan...

and additional examples.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#23

Post by kjksf »

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter.

Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645...

Do you see a warning label or not? I don't.

Comment below if you see or not.

Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not.

If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#24

Post by post_break »

kjksf wrote: post #23

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter. Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645... Do you see a warning label or not? I don't. Comment below if you see or not. Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not. If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

I see a flag.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#25

Post by aerovistae »

kjksf wrote: post #23

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter. Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645... Do you see a warning label or not? I don't. Comment below if you see or not. Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not. If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

I see a flag.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#26

Post by jakelazaroff »

CameronNemo wrote: post #13
EGreg wrote: post #9

Just another reason why we should have OPEN SOURCE platforms that are hosted on thousands of domains. Here you can use this to build your own Twitter, complete with video broadcasts peer to peer: https://github.com/Qbix/Platform

I wonder how many instances Twitter will be (soft) censoring? New instances can pop up at any moment, does Twitter plan to deplatform all of them, just ones that host objectionable content, or just those that are big enough to notice? This is a game of whack a mole. Good luck swinging that heavy ban hammer, Elon.

It should be relatively easy to detect — Twitter can simply check whether a domain implements ActivityPub when a user tries to submit a link.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

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Post by warinukraine »

kjksf wrote: post #23

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter. Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645... Do you see a warning label or not? I don't. Comment below if you see or not. Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not. If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

I also see a flag. I'm not logged in or have any cookies, if that matters.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

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Post by [deleted] »

kjksf wrote: post #23

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter. Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645... Do you see a warning label or not? I don't. Comment below if you see or not. Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not. If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

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Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#29

Post by milgrim »

kjksf wrote: post #23

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter. Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645... Do you see a warning label or not? I don't. Comment below if you see or not. Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not. If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

I see the flag.

Re: Links mentioning Mastodon flagged as sensitive on Twitter?

#30

Post by Encrust6221 »

kjksf wrote: post #23

It no longer does, at least not for me in web Twitter. Check out for yourself: https://twitter.com/joshuatopolsky/status/160230074530237645... Do you see a warning label or not? I don't. Comment below if you see or not. Update: the difference seems to be logged out or not. If I'm logged in, I don't see the flag. I see it when not logged in.

I do see a flag.
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