so they'll pay for VPNs/Proxies with residential IPs in their desired location.
heck twitter will probably later offer you an option to buy it themselves or an option to set your desired location if you just pay for X++ premium bot services.
I assume most accounts getting exposed now basically started with the assumption that this info would not be exposed publicly, but they will adapt.
So this is like a one time shot of transparency, that will quickly be useless (although I’ve been hearing it has been rolled back already - some speculation is because it exposed that the majority of MAGA boosters were not US based)
Don’t wonder, it’s obvious. When you turn on the light you see the cockroaches. Any transparency changes incentives. Look how the dynamics have changed overnight. Next, Twitter has to do something about the rage engagement payola.
Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
> Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
This was a common-ish feature for a long time and major sites like 4chan have had it in one form or another I think for literally decades at this point.
> Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
All social platforms of the last decade rely on "engagement" and bots/trolls/fake accounts/etc contribute to that, both directly and in terms of posting inflammatory content that the masses then "engage" with.
so they'll pay for VPNs/Proxies with residential IPs in their desired location.
heck twitter will probably later offer you an option to buy it themselves or an option to set your desired location if you just pay for X++ premium bot services.
I assume most accounts getting exposed now basically started with the assumption that this info would not be exposed publicly, but they will adapt.
So this is like a one time shot of transparency, that will quickly be useless (although I’ve been hearing it has been rolled back already - some speculation is because it exposed that the majority of MAGA boosters were not US based)
No, it exposed the groypers and racists masquerading as MAGA or conservatives who are from foreign countries.
I welcome this change. I wonder what the actual resulting impact will be, however.
Don’t wonder, it’s obvious. When you turn on the light you see the cockroaches. Any transparency changes incentives. Look how the dynamics have changed overnight. Next, Twitter has to do something about the rage engagement payola.
Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
> Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
This was a common-ish feature for a long time and major sites like 4chan have had it in one form or another I think for literally decades at this point.
> Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
All social platforms of the last decade rely on "engagement" and bots/trolls/fake accounts/etc contribute to that, both directly and in terms of posting inflammatory content that the masses then "engage" with.
We get to see this:
https://www.threads.com/@timmy_tostada/post/DRaGc3PDwSh
I think it’s obvious these kinds of accounts were for engagement. Happy to see grifter accounts from two bit locales exposed for what they are.
In six months they'll make hiding your location a feature of the paid subscription.
Well, a hidden location would be a signal too
Could become an in group signal, essential creating so much noise the signal is no longer valuable
one can imagine the influencers saying they X is lying or I fear for my safety and them the whole bandwagon joining in