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Re: tw.tter

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:53 pm
by 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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 7:43 pm
by 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

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:13 pm
by dyqik
Pishwish wrote:
Mon Dec 12, 2022 6:53 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:42 pm
by Gfamily
Brightonian wrote:
Mon Dec 12, 2022 5:11 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:56 pm
by 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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:07 am
by FlammableFlower

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:15 pm
by dyqik
bolo wrote:
Mon Dec 12, 2022 9:56 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:17 pm
by 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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 3:01 pm
by Woodchopper
dyqik wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:17 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:51 pm
by temptar
dyqik wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:17 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:22 pm
by dyqik
temptar wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:51 pm
dyqik wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:17 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:34 pm
by sTeamTraen
If even a fraction of the things described in this thread turn out to be true, Musk has bought a cut'n'shut.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:44 pm
by bjn
I found a new website...

https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:22 am
by Woodchopper

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 8:24 am
by Woodchopper
sTeamTraen wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:34 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 2:40 pm
by 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)

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:01 pm
by jimbob
sTeamTraen wrote:
Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:34 pm
If even a fraction of the things described in this thread turn out to be true, Musk has bought a cut'n'shut.
:o

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:49 pm
by 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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:56 am
by Woodchopper
dyqik wrote:
Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:49 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:06 am
by EACLucifer
Woodchopper wrote:
Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:56 am
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:50 am
by Woodchopper
EACLucifer wrote:
Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:06 am
Woodchopper wrote:
Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:56 am
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

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:15 am
by 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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 12:28 pm
by dyqik
Woodchopper wrote:
Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:56 am
dyqik wrote:
Wed Dec 14, 2022 11:49 pm
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.

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 2:08 am
by Brightonian
Twitter has suspended several journalists' accounts, possibly related to the tracking of Musk's plane.

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

Re: tw.tter

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:54 am
by 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.