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How bout that (discuss.online)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 50 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Remember. Elon is a problematic drug addict but Twitter had this information long before he was in charge and they were perfectly content with this fact.

Tech companies are not your friend and don't give a shit about your cause or your morals.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I think the amusing part is Musk didn't bother to check over that data before saying it should go live. Mean I'm pretty sure I saw it was removed soon after, but I was mostly skimming. Think he's knows enough that 10mins is all the Internet needs., and 10min is generous.

    Seriously what person who manipulates social platforms wouldn't think, well let's give this data a once over for the big voices I want amplified?

    It may be an oversight but it's more likely he's not overly intelligent. Seriously when manipulation via social media is a goal that's a pretty high fucking priority. Like he should have a report from a team checking that out before it went live. Maybe he tried but fired anyone competent enough but if you're a billionaire you should have a few (competent) teams ready for various tasks.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Eh that's assuming he even knows what is going on at Twitter.

    He purged like 75 percent of the company. The only ones left are the ones with no other options.

    Pretty sure his focus is on getting Tesla to give him ever increasing compensation while it starts to circle the drain.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I agree but since he's fired everyone I assume he must know if a 'show origin location of accounts' feature is released. If not, I'll buy whoever that made that a reality a drink if it snuck by. They definitely deserve it. Though I can almost see it being some random person's task for like a few years making sure it all works perfectly, finally tested and in production then....no job.

    Even so, tip of the hat to them cause they inadvertently showed (not exactly of course) origin of accounts. Know we're familiar with VPN but so many accounts coming out of country it's like how the Russians work, hmm just a coincidence I'm sure. So kudos to whoever made this a fact.

    They'd have been better off using VPNs from the US locations at the very least, if they were from VPNs anyways.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago*

    I imagine they contacted US authorities regarding this information on the back channels, a lot of social networks allow people to continue posting so they can "incriminate" themselves in regards to whatever interests they may be offending while having open contact with authorities.

    No, tech companies are not your friends, and they can easily be compelled by the states they legally reside in without it ever becoming public knowledge.

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