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I've heard from a variety of reliable sources that the MAGAts and Bernerds are ramping up their mass reporting on us in three primary ways.
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I've heard from a variety of reliable sources that the MAGAts and Bernerds are ramping up their mass reporting on us in three primary ways.
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1) Reporting us for spam, prompting restrictions/CAPTCHAs/suspensions.
What this means is they're trying to get Twitter's automation to flag our account, and in doing so prompt for a CAPTCHA, text message or phone call.
If you have multiple accounts you are more vulnerable.
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What this means is they're trying to get Twitter's automation to flag our account, and in doing so prompt for a CAPTCHA, text message or phone call.
If you have multiple accounts you are more vulnerable.
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2) Reporting us for "sensitive" content, thus censoring the links/media in our posts.
Enough reports of "sensitive" content can cause automated censorship, which shows your media, links and other content as "sensitive" and discourages viewers from engaging with it.
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Enough reports of "sensitive" content can cause automated censorship, which shows your media, links and other content as "sensitive" and discourages viewers from engaging with it.
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3) Finding offensive content that they can report as targeted harassment, threats to others or self.
Anything on your timeline that contains profanity directed toward others, or can be inferred as a threat of violence against yourself or others may be utilized as ammo.
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Anything on your timeline that contains profanity directed toward others, or can be inferred as a threat of violence against yourself or others may be utilized as ammo.
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Adding to the above, at this point the MAGAts also have a botnet army of millions.
They aren't all controlled by the same operators, but they do tend to work in concert to get offensive hashtags and disinformation trending. They may also use some of these for mass reporting.
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They aren't all controlled by the same operators, but they do tend to work in concert to get offensive hashtags and disinformation trending. They may also use some of these for mass reporting.
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These attacks against the resistance are likely to ramp up as we approach September--as that is when early voting begins and thus they have motive to try to silence us and will likely continue to target our most powerful voices, and many others as well.
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Be on guard, everyone. We need to have each others' backs. There will be many efforts to divide us against each other -- and that's exactly how the right-wing fascists win.
The next few posts will have helpful tips on keeping your account safe.
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The next few posts will have helpful tips on keeping your account safe.
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First, here's a mini-guide about how to follow the main terms of service of Twitter.
This is important information so please take a moment to read it and pass it around.
It's too long to easily tweet so it's in a text-based format at PasteBin:
https://pastebin.com/raw/iNxyFrqp
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This is important information so please take a moment to read it and pass it around.
It's too long to easily tweet so it's in a text-based format at PasteBin:
https://pastebin.com/raw/iNxyFrqp
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In addition, here's a rather long thread I wrote about the rule changes that came in to effect this year and how enforcement has also changed.
It has some updated recommendations, and is worth a read so that you can stay as safe as possible here.
9/ https://twitter.com/vegix/status/1254550174686498816?s=20
It has some updated recommendations, and is worth a read so that you can stay as safe as possible here.
9/ https://twitter.com/vegix/status/1254550174686498816?s=20
Expect the next several weeks leading up to and after the election to be intense.
There's going to be a lot more attempts to divide and destroy us by any means possible.
The MAGAts are terrified, the never-Biden crowd are clinging to sour grapes--and we're caught in the middle.
There's going to be a lot more attempts to divide and destroy us by any means possible.
The MAGAts are terrified, the never-Biden crowd are clinging to sour grapes--and we're caught in the middle.
