this is how the botnet/activist armies are crushing accounts they block w/ 100k bots/add you to block lists. follow then unfollow mass report and mute. and you're silenced. @elonmusk easy fix: only allow blue check mutes/blocks/reports to count. ban blocklists
this is how the botnet/activist armies are crushing accounts they block w/ 100k bots/add you to block lists. follow then unfollow mass report and mute. and you're silenced. @elonmusk easy fix: only allow blue check mutes/blocks/reports to count. ban blocklists
@boriquagato Who is behind these botnets? Million dollar bounty if convicted.
@elonmusk i like this game. let's find out. also worth noting that it does not need to be a botnet, it can just be a block list where one person adds your account and suddenly 10k people block you. could easily swamp a reputation score, esp for small accounts.
@elonmusk @boriquagato I've been pondering the implications of these Twitter policies in the code, and @boriquagato's solution is an *excellent*, simple fix. Best part, no negative effects on individual users, only upside.
@elonmusk @boriquagato Elon, It is Time to Ban the Bots on Twitter. Twitter's API enables so-called marginalized communities to turn their members into powerful botnet armies weaponized against conservatives. politiquerepublic.substack.com/p/elon-it-is-t…
The big issue are apps like BlockParty. You give them special access to Twitter’s API. The use that access to make tools to take advantage of twitter’s visibility filters. The trans community identifies someone as ‘transphobic’ and adds them to a block list used by thousands of users. Twitter then sees a user is blocked by thousands of people and reduces visibility. This app is run by someone who is an outspoken trans activist. blockpartyapp.com/how-it-works/#…
@elonmusk @boriquagato Another idea: Just like we now have tweet "Views" listed, can we see (perhaps internally for starters?) how our "reputation score" components measure relative to 0 (no adjustments)? And understand what one could do get these zeroed out? That would some be radical transparency.
@elonmusk @boriquagato dunno but it makes you wonder how much of public opinion has been manipulated by bots over the last 15 years or so