The domain zwezo.o-k-i.net automatically creates mirroring #Mastodon #bot accounts upon any #Twitter handles put into their search field, without authorization by the original Twitter profile owners.

I doubt, this is #legal, under EU law at least & find it highly #disturbing, that anybody can create bot accounts referring to others, who are neither aware of this nor authorized this in person.

BIG FLAW!

Please boost, so mastoadmins can take action.

#mastoadmin #followerpower #boost
@rysiek

Another day, another video.
A lot of us already have a large #Twitter #Network and would love to be able to easily search #Mastodon for them to fill out our network here.
The #Fedifinder site helps make this a reality and it recently got some updates.
This video walks through the steps to #Migrate your network across in minutes.
As always, any boosts are appreciated to spread the word... And a sub would be lovely. 😜 #twittermigration #twitterexodus #youtube #feditips

youtu.be/37S246Wr_JE

How To Easily Find Your Twitter Network on Mastodon

The Fedifinder service - https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ - is a great site that can make locating your existing network from Twitter on Mastodon significantly ...

^YouTube

My self-hosted, #indieweb #Twitter archive is up. Thanks to @eleventy and the excellent work done on the Tweeback project: github.com/tweetback/tweetback

You can find mine here: twitter.marcozehe.de

Also, if you read German, my German language archive is here: twitter.marcos-leben.de

GitHub - tweetback/tweetback: Take ownership of your Twitter data and get your tweets back

Take ownership of your Twitter data and get your tweets back - GitHub - tweetback/tweetback: Take ownership of your Twitter data and get your tweets back

^GitHub

Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

techdirt.com/2022/12/02/multip…

#elonmusk #twitter #polls #bots #spam #1

Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

Rolling Stone has a fun article quoting multiple former Twitter employees highlighting that polls are the least secure tool on the platform, and are regularly open to manipulation by bots: “Polls a…

^Techdirt

Ahora que extremistas previamente expulsados vuelven a #Twitter, escribí de la plataforma:
albertochimal.com/2022/11/25/t…
…y sobre la escritura literaria en línea:
literalmagazine.com/la-muerte-…

#artículos

La muerte de la literatura en Twitter - Literal Magazine

Esta nota tiene un título alarmante a propósito. Es un cebo. Muérdelo: sigue leyendo. * El término tuiteratura se inventó en 2009: apareció en el libro Twitterature: The World’s Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter de Alexander Aciman y Emmet Rensin…

^{Alberto Chimal (Literal Magazine)}

⚠️ WARNING: Do not use #Hive Social!

According to research conducted by @zerforschung, the #Twitter alternative Hive Social has got a number of dangerous #security vulnerabilies.

They allow attackers to completely access and even to partly edit anyone's data, including private posts, deleted direct messages, e-mail addresses and phone numbers signed up with etc.

Once again this demonstrates that you should not rely on closed-source software to guard sensitive data.

🔗 zerforschung.org/posts/hive-en

⚠️ Warning: do not use Hive Social 👉🐝👈

Dieser Artikel ist auch auf deutsch erschienen. Following the Twitter takeover, a number of services promising to be an alternative gained traction. One of those is “Hive Social”, which reached more than a million users in the last weeks.

^{zerforschung.org}

I was listening to the #BBC's #DigitalPlanet this morning & happy to get the tip of downloading & archiving your data from #Twitter.

You can see how to do it here help.twitter.com/en/managing-y…

You need to "Request an Archive" but it is worthwhile doing, especially if you have invested a lot in that legacy platform.

How to download your Twitter archive and Tweets | Twitter Help

It's easy to download your Twitter archive from your first Tweet to your last. Here's how.

^{help.twitter.com}

Hello Tooters!

I was hoping for some help during my transition from the bird place. Having left that dumpster fire behind and found a very welcoming community here, there's really only one thing I'm missing so far, real-time news feeds.

Is there a tip or trick anyone can share to help increase the stream of information I see?

As a reward, here's a puppy. If you can find him, he's yours.

#twitter #twittermigration #twitterquitter #mastodonnews #tipsandtricks #Thanksgiving

Wuensche @Anwalt_Jun viel Erfolg fuer seine Verhandlung heute... letztendlich koennte er, falls das Verfuegungsverfahren erfolgreich ist, dafuer sorgen, dass #Twitter in Deutschland erstmal Pause machen muss.

Unwahrscheinlich, aber wie heisst es nicht so schoen "Vor Gericht und auf hoher See..." 😎 Alle Infos 👉 youtu.be/UtrtflsF3eI

Update: kann man das schon einen Justizskandal nennen, wenn Twitter so einen Deal mit dem Bundesjustizministerium machen kann? Siehe Screenshots:

Here's how to bulk import ALL of the people you follow on Twitter:

debirdify.pruvisto.org/

Debirdify -- provides a downloadable list of people that you follow on Twitter who indicated they have an account on Mastodon in a format that you can upload to Mastodon to repopulate your follow list

#twitter #TwitterMigration

Can't figure out what's more unnerving:

#Musk owning #Twitter, or the people at #hive (#hivesocial) thinking star signs are on equal footing to #pronouns.

Interesting to see government challenges trying to get involved in a community that they don't understand. #Discord & #Mastodon are obviously very different, but wondering what "Gotchas" there might be for #government sites exploring alternative #SocialMedia accounts.

As people flock from #Twitter, there will be new things watch for.

amp.theguardian.com/media/2022…

If you, like me, just can’t look away from the trainwreck that is Elon Musk’s management of #Twitter, be sure to follow @ZoeSchiffer on the bird site.

These updates are absolutely unreal. #riptwitter

#Friendica needs new contributors!

I'm not used to do this, but with the large influx of new users and node admins recently coming from #Twitter, our small team is now behind the curve for handling support requests, bug reports and bring about much-needed features.

The project is built on a #PHP/#MySQL platform, but we also need people to be able to assist others just using the software to give developers some space.

If you're willing and able to help, please follow @Friendica Support and the project on Github: github.com/friendica/friendica

Thank you!

GitHub - friendica/friendica: Friendica Communications Platform

Friendica Communications Platform. Contribute to friendica/friendica development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

@stim I didn't think Jesse's take on Mastodon was particularly informed or thoughtful, either.

Though I think he's right that #Twitter's role in relation to #news journalists has been outsized for its audience. That's part of what made it especially attractive to journos: it gave many of them more influence and bigger audiences.

And sometimes Jesse can be bit of a jerk, I think! But...I finally started donating this month after listening for years. Independent news is important.

Back to #Firefox I go! Multi-Account Containers are a killer #privacy feature that only Firefox (and maybe derivatives) has access to.

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

There's some helper add-ons to further silo #Facebook, #Twitter, and #Google. (That said, I use my own containers for Google to split my accounts)

Facebook: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

Twitter: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

Google: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

Facebook Container – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Facebook Container for Firefox. Prevent Facebook from tracking you around the web. The Facebook Container extension for Firefox helps you take control and isolate your web activity from Facebook.

^{addons.mozilla.org}

#twitter: the blue checkmark soon costs 8$/month and does no longer mean much at all ❌

#deltachat: the blue checkmark does not cost money and guarantees someone is verified by you or by someone you verified ✅

as an extra, you can even protect your chats with verified persons against active attacs! ✅

#foss #scantoverify #weirdcomparisons

via Media Matters

QAnon influencers are trying to use Twitter’s new subscription service to regain a foothold on the platform

mediamatters.org/twitter/qanon…
#news #twitter #voteblue

QAnon influencers are trying to use Twitter’s new subscription service to regain a foothold on the platform

^{Media Matters for America}

I thought I would follow @aral's example and finally get around to deleting my two twitter accounts that have both been unused for over a year.

I deactivate the first one and get a stupid email telling me that I have turned off two-factor authentication. (But it does appear to be deactivated).

I try to deactivate the second one but am told that twitter has suspended my account (who knows why) and won't let me delete it. 😞

#twitter

If you are affected by the #Twitter layoffs, check out our open positions and fight for privacy with us! 💪

At Tutanota we respect our users AND our employees. Here is what our two new team member say about working at Tutanota:
tutanota.com/blog/posts/team-2…

Tutanota keeps growing: Welcome Nikita and Colin with us!

New year, new students! Every year we onboard at least two students doing a dual studies program to support young people with their education. This winter semester, Nikita and Colin joined our software development team.

^Tutanota

#twittermigration

Don’t delete your #twitter account just yet! Instead put your mastodon address in your bio so we can find you using tools such as these

fedifinder.glitch.me/

twitodon.com/

Mastodon: Die Mythen und Zweifel der Twitter-Community.

To-do für euch: Auf den Teilen-Button klicken! 😉

kuketz-blog.de/mastodon-die-my…

#neuhier #mastodon #twitter

Mastodon: Die Mythen und Zweifel der Twitter-Community

Nachdem Elon Musk Twitter übernommen hat, erfreut sich das #Fediverse und insbesondere #Mastodon einem regen Zulauf. Das schmeckt einigen Twitter-Nutzern offenbar überhaupt nicht und sie…

^{Kuketz IT-Security Blog}

@datn I’m trying out the service provided by Your Digital Rights:

yourdigitalrights.org/d/twitte…

It creates an email similar to the one in the screenshot for your and they also apparently tell you when to follow up, etc.

#gdpr #erasure #twitter #YourDigitalRights

Well, that’s that, then.

#twitter

Did you hear the news about Mr #Musk's suggested changes to the "blue tick" (a.k.a. "verified badge")? If not, you'll be delighted to know that we are finally turning it into a paid feature, making that green check mark extra special! ✅

As a symbol of our transparency at #Twitter Inc., we will also introduce semi-transparent verification badges. The opacity of the badge will depend on your selected Twitter Verified plan.
For only $10 a month, you can get a verification badge with 20% opacity!

Twitter is going to die. Not because of moderation, not because of letting bad actors back on. Because of this (gift link, no paywall): #twitter

nytimes.com/2022/10/30/technol…

Can Elon Musk Make the Math Work on Owning Twitter? It’s Dicey.

Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter. The site frequently loses money and took on $13 billion in debt for the blockbuster deal.

^{Lauren Hirsch (The New York Times)}

GNU/Linux.ch verlässt Twitter und Telegram

Wir vereinfachen unsere Kommunikationskanäle, in dem wir uns auf Matrix und Mastodon fokussieren.

#Social_Media #Kommunikation #Telegram #Mastodon #Matrix #Twitter

gnulinux.ch/gnu-linux-ch-verla…

GNU/Linux.ch verlässt Twitter und Telegram

^GNU/Linux.ch

I wrote a nano tool that tries to extract the #Fediverse accounts of your #Twitter followings: fedifinder.glitch.me/

It searches for the patterns @user@host.tld, user@host.tld and host.tld/@user in the screen name, description, location and URL field. It displays them to you in the correct format for easy copying as well as a CSV download that can be imported to #Mastodon.

New version: fedifinder-backup.glitch.me/

There's a tool to find #mastodon handles of your #Twitter followers - and to bulk-follow them here on #Mastodon! Big thanks to @jwildeboer for pointing this out.

For all folks coming in via #twittermigration (#heuhier, #IchBinNeuHier):

==> fedifinder.glitch.me/ looks for your Twitter followers on Mastodon and let's you download a CSV which you can import on (Settings -> Import and Export -> Import on Mastodon web).

CC: @mainec @ahrkrak