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arstechnica, to random
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Google to pay $8M settlement for “lying to Texans,” state AG says

"If Google is going to advertise in Texas, their statements better be true."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/google-to-pay-8m-settlement-for-lying-to-texans-state-ag-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

kkeller,
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@arstechnica does that mean Texas is liable for lying to Texans too?

lauren, to random
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CNN reporter just declared that the city of San Francisco is only 7 by 7 square feet.

kkeller,
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@lauren that's what it feels like sometimes!

lauren, to internet
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The big question: Will continue returning a poop emoji to media emails under Yaccarino?

kkeller,
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@lauren that might actually be a good indicator of who is actually in charge. If it's Yaccarino, I imagine she'd at least pretend to do PR. If it's still Musk, we'll continue to see the poop.

lauren, to random
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Musk appoints ad exec Yaccarino as new Twitter CEO. // Since Musk will still head everything related to product per se, this is clearly a desperate attempt to win back advertisers to his continuing hellscape. - https://www.gearrice.com/update/elon-musk-is-going-to-make-this-woman-twitter-ceo-know-4-facts-about-linda-yaccarino/

kkeller,
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@ike @lauren right wing nutjobs on Twitter are already losing their minds over Yaccarino. It will be immensely difficult for Musk to simultaneously woo advertisers and keep his base appeased.

shoq, to bluesky
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Pardon the expression, but was all atwitter over @mmasnick’s
ingenious new game designed to give people a lived experience at moderating content and behavior. He could win the peace prize for this!


https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/

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kkeller,
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@shoq how long will it be till Bluesky simply hands off moderation to people playing this game?

mmasnick, to random
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Okay folks: this morning we're launching something we think is pretty useful. Lots of people have strong opinions on how content moderation should work, but they've never done it. So we built a content moderation mobile game (browser-based): https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/

Details about it are here: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/11/moderator-mayhem-a-mobile-game-to-see-how-well-you-can-handle-content-moderation/

kkeller,
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@mmasnick I have had trouble with the "Look Closer" button in three different browsers. Is there a good place for reporting issues? (I did very poorly without the button!)

kkeller,
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@mmasnick I got promoted! I won on Round 8

Promoted to moderator manager!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐◾️
Total reviews: 126

Safety: ⚖️
Speech: 📣

Achievements: 🥉3️⃣🤖5️⃣🥈8️⃣🗓

Play: https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/

lauren, to random
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CNN needs to apologize to the entire human race for their Trump show last night.

kkeller,
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@lauren Susan Collins: "CNN has learned its lesson."

lauren, to random
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Twitter's new DM encryption features for subscribers are riddled with weaknesses. DON'T USE THEM! But you're probably not subscribed anyway. GOOD.

kkeller,
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@lauren here's a good link to an article exposing some of the weaknesses: https://infosec.exchange/@agreenberg/110348121490759880

lauren, to random
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Hoping that Trump really speaks his mind on the CNN town hall tonight. Let it all hang out, Donald! Go for it! Lots of officials in lots of states will be listening, and at DOJ. They want to hear from you!

kkeller,
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@lauren apparently the audience will be mostly (or all?) Republicans or right-leaning "independents". I hope it's more than just Trump cult members.

I'm sure he's been given scripted answers for most questions. But there's always a chance he goes off script and admits to crimes!

lauren, to random
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Airlines Ditch Customer Support on Twitter, Blaming Verified Checkmark Chaos - https://gizmodo.com/twitter-airlines-air-france-klm-air-travel-1850418687

kkeller,
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@lauren so-it-begins.gif

arstechnica, to random
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Twitter starts purging inactive accounts after quiet policy change

"We cannot release inactive usernames at this time," Twitter's policy still says.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/twitter-starts-purging-inactive-accounts-after-quiet-policy-change/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

kkeller,
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@jfmezei Musk doesn't care about any of the issues you cited. This is why people need to stop relying on Twitter for anything important; he could do anything to anyone's account at any time with no warning.

(If I had to guess, I suspect Musk's Twitter would effectively delete the old account and its contents, then allow someone to claim the username. But that's just a wild guess, because as I said, he could decide anything.)

kkeller,
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@jfmezei yes, he could do literally anything. I wonder if it's in NPR's best interest to delete their history now, before they lose access completely and lose control over their history. (Of course Musk could just restore that content from backups if he wanted! Assuming they still have backups, which isn't a given.)

kkeller,
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@jfmezei given how Musk has acted against accounts who talk about Mastodon in the past, that may not be a safe option either! It's certainly worth a shot, but NPR may still want to act to reduce the chances that their past history falls into someone else's hands.

ernie, (edited ) to random
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Twitter is straight up recommending a space hosted by Richard Spencer. I can't remove this. It's stuck at the top of my timeline

EDIT: I have determined this was because a journalist I was following decided to listen in. (This is a situation where, if you’re reporting, you might want to pull out your secondary.)

kkeller,
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@ernie I had to Google this guy. I regret it!

lauren, to random
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I have to admit that "Starman" (1984), is a wonderfully sweet little film about a benevolent alien who comes to Earth, takes human form, and is hunted by authorities. I have a soft spot for the film, even though the reality is that any aliens that are actually out there (if any) are far more likely to exterminate us, enslave us, or (at best) treat us as pets if they ever show up here.

kkeller,
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@lauren I went to look up the dark forest hypothesis. I had no idea there were so many hypotheses for why we haven't found extraterrestrial life! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

lauren, (edited ) to fediverse
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Thought for the Day: When someone just doesn't get the point about continuing a thread that has reached the end of its usefulness, but the annoyance doesn't rise to the level of actual blocking, a so-called "soft block" may be appropriate if they currently follow you. Simply Mastodon block them, and then immediately unblock them. This drops their follow of you so that they won't be bothered with your posts going forward, but does not actually leave them blocked per se.

kkeller,
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@lauren can you mute them for a period of time? Tusky supports that, I am guessing the web client does too.

mattblaze, to random
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Apparently someone is threatening to have the instance I’m on defederated if they don’t get rid of me, because I posted that the Mastodon DM system is dangerously broken and non-intuitive.

So, if either of those things happen, it was nice knowing you all. (Well, some of you all, anyway.)

kkeller,
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@mattblaze does this someone actually have the power to defederate an entire instance over a disagreement?

lauren, to random
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As Gomer Pyle would say: "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" - Porn VPN searches soar in Utah amid age verification bill - https://www.techradar.com/news/porn-vpn-searches-soar-in-utah-amid-age-verification-bill

kkeller,
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@lauren did you also see Pornhub cut off access from Utah IPs? The sponsor was shocked, shocked!

ernie, to random
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Verizon literally had me digging in my basement to unplug a cable

kkeller,
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@ernie admittedly an AI is likely smarter than a Verizon support rep

lauren, to random
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[She was searching for her cat.] Man who "nearly" shot child who rang his doorbell apologizes after his boast goes viral - https://boingboing.net/2023/05/03/man-willing-to-shoot-child-who-rang-his-doorbell-looking-for-missing-kitten-apologizes-after-he-goes-viral.html

kkeller,
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@lauren better keep your cats indoors!

lauren, to random
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We're lucky they've let this planet stay around. So far.

kkeller,
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@lauren I for one welcome our new Vogon overlords!

lauren, to random
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Musk threatens to confiscate National Public Radio's Twitter ID, even though they've violated no Twitter terms - https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign

kkeller,
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@lauren they definitely violated Twitter's terms! The terms in Musk's head, anyway.

Everyone needs a contingency plan if Elon cuts off their account. It doesn't have to be Mastodon, but it has to be something not Twitter.

ernie, to random
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Excellent way to broadcast that your workplace doesn’t run on unions. https://www.thedailybeast.com/greg-gutfelds-late-night-comedy-show-unaffected-by-writers-strike

kkeller,
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@ernie I'm sure that appeals to Faux News' simpleminded audience.

feditips, to animals
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When you write hashtags that contain multiple words, make the first letter of each word a capital letter, for example . This will make the tag readable to blind people.

Blind people use the internet through screen reader apps, which read text out aloud. By putting a capital at the start of each word in a hashtag, you are telling the screen reader how to say the tag correctly.

In the non-techy world this is generally known as "CamelCase".

(Techy people may call it PascalCase)

kkeller,
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@feditips maybe we should just turn every post into a thread about 1990s programming language conventions!

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