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Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by Dylan16807 »

scarab92 wrote: post #727
Dylan16807 wrote: post #725

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you should block a major domain because of a spam spike. If you think the entire domain is compromised, then send in a human to look, otherwise focus on the accounts that are sending spam links.

Meanwhile thousands of users are receiving links to malware and phishing attacks while human raters are twiddling their thumbs. The parent is correct, these systems should be automated. Automated systems can respond faster and more accurately than humans. Humans should only be involved to improve the system and correct any mistakes it makes after the fact.

Meanwhile thousands of users that depend on their links working see them still working.

If you want to prevent phishing links then you can't allow links in the first place. If you decide to allow links, then you need to add some stability to the system. Circumstantial reactions should not be fast. Banning a whole domain based on short term percentage is circumstantial.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by nailer »

lostdog wrote: post #728
nailer wrote: post #709

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> The Inspectors General and their OIG employees are the federal employees with the mandate to identify waste, fraud, and abuse in every federal program regardless of size. There are more than 1 million 150-159 year old Americans that receive social security and America is funding trans comic books for children in Peru. Do you think the OIG was doing a good job?

I'm sure you heard that from a trustworthy person who provided clear evidence? Perhaps you could share some of that evidence?

Yes, the head of the department of government efficiency published this earlier today.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by thaumasiotes »

SiliconSplash wrote: post #690
thaumasiotes wrote: post #669

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> I was simply pointing out two common misconceptions. With regard to falsely shouting fire, there are no common misconceptions. The common understanding of the saying is identical with the understanding in the judgment, and that part of the judgment remains good law. However, there is a modern meme that strives to obscure this reality by pointing out that the judgment reached conclusions that modern people generally…

There obviously was a misconception as evidenced in the link I provided. But believe what you wish.

What is it that you think (a) your link explains, that (b) people do not already understand as part of the saying?

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by claudenm »

nailer wrote: post #732
lostdog wrote: post #728

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure you heard that from a trustworthy person who provided clear evidence? Perhaps you could share some of that evidence?

Yes, the head of the department of government efficiency published this earlier today.

Is it wise to credulousy believe everything your government tells you without source data?

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by jauntywundrkind »

davidw wrote: post #560
tremon wrote: post #535

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That's interesting, given that as an official government department they're subject to FOIA requests and as such have an obligation to persist their documentation.

They declared that the DOGE stuff is official presidential records and thus not subject to FOIA. https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-doge-records-public-inf... Sometimes, the simplest explanation is the right one: they're fascists and the rules are not applicable to them.

Presidential Records Act is quite strong about capturing all records & releasing them. But after a 5 year delay.

During Trump 1 there was quite a habit of ripping up papers by the president. So there were some dudes hired to go take the ripped up papers and tape them back together. Really looking forwards to seeing some of those next year! https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filin...

I suspect that what's happening is flagrantly incredibly evil & immoral, is a heinous crime against democracy. The people need to be ae to see what governments do and are, need to have some chance to learn and see what their governments really do. My dear is that the Presidential Records Act is being thrown out the window by these folks, that we will have nearly no record of so much of what this administration & it's "advisors" (Musk) do.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by [deleted] »

insane_dreamer wrote: post #706
93po wrote: post #699

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its the only social media platform that isn't image and video heavy, can consistently have non-bot and non-fake and non-clickbait material of substance (if you curate who you you follow well), provides awesome filtering options out of the box for stuff like keywords (i literally had to make a browser extension to filter reddit crap out better), and has a lot of interesting people posting entertaining non-image stuff…

> i think elon is a deeply problematic person not especially more so than a million other business leaders and billionaires, his bullshit is just a lot more visible I don't disagree with you. But the big problem -- and the reason why people like me are so upset -- is that Elon is now in a much more powerful position than any of those other business leaders, a position in which he is directly impacting the lives of Am…

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Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by bufferoverflow »

philipdavis wrote: post #374

Do people in the US still use X? If yes, why? What keeps you on the platform (so the owner is a tiny step closer to destroying your own country)?

I use it because it's one of a few platforms that's not censored to hell. Sure, it results in some unpleasant crap sometimes, but generally the feed is good.

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by lostdog »

nailer wrote: post #732
lostdog wrote: post #728

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure you heard that from a trustworthy person who provided clear evidence? Perhaps you could share some of that evidence?

Yes, the head of the department of government efficiency published this earlier today.

No link to their statement?

And please don't link to X. I don't have an account so I cannot read X threads, which is very surprising because the owner said he really wanted to make it so logged-out users could read X easily, but then changed his mind because he wanted to make more money. Sounds like a really untrustworthy person to me!

Re: X users are unable to post “Signal.me” links

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Post by throwaway5752 »

gosub100 wrote: post #662
throwaway5752 wrote: post #543

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What happened in that case, and do you believe the same standard should be applied currently?

In that case a corrupt politician with lots to hide was able to keep their crimes hidden using the secret service (who defended her house). I do not think that standard should be applied to anyone, ever.

She went before Congress for to testify for 11 hours under oath, as a point of fact. I feel like that would be a reasonable next step.

The FBI investigation https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-dir... is at odds with your description. It appears nothing was as anywhere as severe as the recent intelligence breach of when DOGE posted NOFORN material publicly (https://abcnews.go.com/US/agency-data-shared-doge-online-spa...)

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