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[Pishwish]

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/post- ... tive-a16z/ I did read some criticism of the owner or financial backer, but I can't remember where I read it.

[Herainestold]

Apparently Post vets applicants for journalistic credentials, so not just anybody can sign up.
Some have been refused, but not sure how you get an opportunity anyway

[dyqik]

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/post- ... tive-a16z/ I did read some criticism of the owner or financial backer, but I can't remember where I read it.

According to that, it's funded by one of Musk's backers in the Twitter purchase. Either they are spreading their eggs between baskets, or doing something nefarious.

[Gfamily]

Thanks, I'd Googled 'post social media' but of course got stuff about posting to social media. I did look at the Android app store too but couldn't find anything, presumably because it's still in beta.

It's a bad move to give it such an ungoogleable name. A bit like when Royal Insurance started an online insurance interface but called it "usecolor" - any search for the brand gave results for the markup language control instead.

[bolo]

Andreessen Horowitz is a ginormous Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Over the years they've backed a long list of tech companies. It seems a bit conspiratorial to imagine that backing Post is nefarious. Hedging the money they put into Twitter, maybe. Or maybe just hey, look here's another thing that might make us lotsamoney.

[FlammableFlower]

So Musk has dissolved Twitter's Safety Council just before it was due to meet.

[dyqik]

Andreessen Horowitz is a ginormous Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Over the years they've backed a long list of tech companies. It seems a bit conspiratorial to imagine that backing Post is nefarious. Hedging the money they put into Twitter, maybe. Or maybe just hey, look here's another thing that might make us lotsamoney.

Yeah, the "nefarious" suggestion was definitely unlikely. OTOH, the Musk text messages release shows how Silicon Valley often operates, so I don't think it's necessarily conspiratorial.

[dyqik]

Another massive issue with both Post and Hive is that both have not made any accessibility efforts, and are saying they it's not important to them. This shows a pretty bad attitude to making their services diverse and to user accessibility and safety.

[Woodchopper]

Another massive issue with both Post and Hive is that both have not made any accessibility efforts, and are saying they it's not important to them. This shows a pretty bad attitude to making their services diverse and to user accessibility and safety.

Yes, replacements for Twitter may be worse in some respects.

[temptar]

Another massive issue with both Post and Hive is that both have not made any accessibility efforts, and are saying they it's not important to them. This shows a pretty bad attitude to making their services diverse and to user accessibility and safety.

Doing it now is better than attempting to retrofit.

[dyqik]

Another massive issue with both Post and Hive is that both have not made any accessibility efforts, and are saying they it's not important to them. This shows a pretty bad attitude to making their services diverse and to user accessibility and safety.

Doing it now is better than attempting to retrofit.

And it's also better from the PoV of trying to build a better community from the outset.

[sTeamTraen]

If even a fraction of the things described in this thread turn out to be true, Musk has bought a cut'n'shut.

[bjn]

I found a new website...

https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/

[Woodchopper]

Not a parody. https://twitter.com/norwaymfa/status/16 ... qksUHvoB0g

[Woodchopper]

If even a fraction of the things described in this thread turn out to be true, Musk has bought a cut'n'shut.

Wow.

If that lot is correct then firing most of the staff looks a lot less foolish.

[monkey]

Twitter is not paying their rent, among other things, for "cost saving" - clicky

My guess is that it's a negotiation tactic to get cheaper rent though.


(There shouldn't be a paywall to the article)

[jimbob]

If even a fraction of the things described in this thread turn out to be true, Musk has bought a cut'n'shut.

[dyqik]

Also Musk has added a bunch of new terms and acceptable use policies today.

One makes it a ToS violation to give any location information about anyone else. So it would be a ToS violation to say that the president would be speaking from the White House lawn, or they a band was playing a venue.

This was done specifically to justify Elon banning both the account that tracked his jet using publicly available information, and the account if the user that set up that not. Twitter is also deleting links to other sites with that information on, including Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, etc. Musk has previously declared that he was so committed to free speech that he wouldn't ban that account.

Also, Musk has announced that users will be required to have personalized ads and to share their location data with Twitter in order to continue using the service. This requirement is a direct violation of the FTC consent agreement and California privacy law. And probably GPDR.

[Woodchopper]

Also Musk has added a bunch of new terms and acceptable use policies today.

One makes it a ToS violation to give any location information about anyone else. So it would be a ToS violation to say that the president would be speaking from the White House lawn, or they a band was playing a venue.

This was done specifically to justify Elon banning both the account that tracked his jet using publicly available information, and the account if the user that set up that not. Twitter is also deleting links to other sites with that information on, including Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, etc. Musk has previously declared that he was so committed to free speech that he wouldn't ban that account.

Also, Musk has announced that users will be required to have personalized ads and to share their location data with Twitter in order to continue using the service. This requirement is a direct violation of the FTC consent agreement and California privacy law. And probably GPDR.

Maybe not. The Musk Tweet states:

Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.

Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.

He's referring to doxxing, which presumably means private information. So that wouldn't include a presidential press conference or live tweeting a sports event.

Though lots of cases will be a grey area which will make enforcement difficult. Not that he would care about that.

[EACLucifer]

Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.

Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.

He's referring to doxxing, which presumably means private information. So that wouldn't include a presidential press conference or live tweeting a sports event.

Though lots of cases will be a grey area which will make enforcement difficult. Not that he would care about that.

Where jets go isn't private, though, and there are various websites that track them.

Indeed OSINT spaces are absolutely clogged with entry-level, context free speculating about routine movements of jets.

[Woodchopper]

Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.

Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.

He's referring to doxxing, which presumably means private information. So that wouldn't include a presidential press conference or live tweeting a sports event.

Though lots of cases will be a grey area which will make enforcement difficult. Not that he would care about that.

Where jets go isn't private, though, and there are various websites that track them.

Indeed OSINT spaces are absolutely clogged with entry-level, context free speculating about routine movements of jets.

Yes, Twitter’s rules appear to treat information available elsewhere as a grey area:

Is the information available elsewhere online?

If the reported information was shared somewhere else before it was shared on Twitter, e.g., someone sharing their personal phone number on their own publicly accessible website, we may not treat this information as private, as the owner has made it publicly available. Note: we may take action against home addresses being shared, even if they are publicly available, due to the potential for physical harm.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-p ... nformation

[temptar]

The personalised ad bit is almost certainly not compliant with the GDPR so I hope that gets wings as a complaint.

Twitter also does not need my location and data stored must be proportionate. In short, there is no way this is compliant with European legislation and I wonder about Californian privacy law too.

[dyqik]

Also Musk has added a bunch of new terms and acceptable use policies today.

One makes it a ToS violation to give any location information about anyone else. So it would be a ToS violation to say that the president would be speaking from the White House lawn, or they a band was playing a venue.

This was done specifically to justify Elon banning both the account that tracked his jet using publicly available information, and the account if the user that set up that not. Twitter is also deleting links to other sites with that information on, including Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, etc. Musk has previously declared that he was so committed to free speech that he wouldn't ban that account.

Also, Musk has announced that users will be required to have personalized ads and to share their location data with Twitter in order to continue using the service. This requirement is a direct violation of the FTC consent agreement and California privacy law. And probably GPDR.

Maybe not. The Musk Tweet states:

Any account doxxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info.

Posting locations someone traveled to on a slightly delayed basis isn’t a safety problem, so is ok.

He's referring to doxxing, which presumably means private information. So that wouldn't include a presidential press conference or live tweeting a sports event.

Though lots of cases will be a grey area which will make enforcement difficult. Not that he would care about that.

The terms as written do not make this distinction. The ban included accounts that were not themselves sharing this public information.

His response to criticism of this has included posting is video of what he claims is a stalker's car, which clearly shows the cars license plate. I.e. actual doxxing.

The whole thing was a quickly made up thing to try to claim they he wasn't suppressing speech for his own benefit.

[Brightonian]

Twitter has suspended several journalists' accounts, possibly related to the tracking of Musk's plane.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-med ... -rcna62032

[EACLucifer]

The petulant overgrown fraudbaby is now onto banning highly regarded journalists who report on or have criticised him.

He's also sold several billion more in Tesla stock, so I hope it at least knocks over that ridiculous house of cards.