Well, that’s it for now. I signed up early-ish in December and have received a total of five codes, so I’m sure I’ll end up having a bunch in a couple of months and see if anyone wants one then.
@Kyeh@mossygreen I simply don’t see any value in it, especially in the way they are run and mined. And abused. But that’s just me. And I’ll admit. I’m not the most social person. Might be the least
Any competition to facebook et al is good I guess.
But if social media matters to you and it’s limited I don’t know how you get off of one and on another when you need to move your whole group and basically quit the other.
@mossygreen@unksol Same; I have never had Facebook Or Twitter, but I often find links to them that are interesting or amusing. I’m still not going to join them. But if bluesky has similar things without the annoying features of the others I’m interested in checking it out.
Not on TikTok either but I lurk a lot on Instagram. Mainly for the cats.
@Kyeh@mossygreen I had Facebook when it first came out/was only available to .edu addresses at certain colleges at the time and no one was using it weird. Mostly college students meeting in class and oh add me for this project. Etc. Didn’t really have cell phones the first year.
Deleted it several years ago. Just wasn’t worth having to me
@OnionSoup@unksol Well, one thing that made me mad was that our city OEM was posting information about things like fires and extreme weather ONLY on Twitter, but that was before it it got X-ed. I haven’t checked to see if that’s changed - I should.
@Kyeh@OnionSoup that is weird. Most locations around here use nixle. Which is just subscribe to get EMA/county/state alerts only. The EMA/police department/county can push alerts but that’s it
Although. It’s worth knowing who runs it and what they are charging/who controls it.
@OnionSoup@unksol We get alerts through a specific emergency thing that we sign up for, but more extensive details used to only be “tweeted.” Which sounds stupid for official information, really!
(Hmm, now that it’s X can we say it’s “X-creted?” )
I don’t know if Spoutible will offer any of the usual and perhaps not useful compensations such as credit monitoring etc.
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Spottable communications on this seem to be positioning the issue, as though it were the result of an attack or of Internet, hostility, or such
That seems not to be the case. It seems to be the software itself simply made the data available in the wild.
It appears that technically nobody had to hack into their systems to get the information they just had to look at what was publicly available to somebody who knows their way around APIs.
I love my password locker it’s one of the best pieces of software I have ever interacted with, and it’s entirely necessary for my continued existence
I never was on spottable. I never created an account because I cannot stand the human who started it.
I was aware of his reputation for several years because he’s done things to people I was aware of, so once in a while, I would go read up what he was putting on Twitter just to seeing if it was still awful, or deliberately gaslighting or false
I could use one, if you would be so kind.
@jwarner112 Done (whispered)
If you have any left, I would like one please.
@scha Done (also whispered)
I’d like to try it … thanks.
@Kyeh Done (still whispered). One left!
@mossygreen Thank you!
@Kyeh Any time!
Bluesky seems to be one of those social media sites/apps you may have heard about.
@medz And… would you like a code?
@mossygreen no thanks
@medz That’s a relief, because I gave it to someone else.
@mossygreen
@medz And understandably so.
I wouldn’t mind trying it if you still have a code.
@mandm I’m unclear on @medz’s intention, so my last code is yours.
@mossygreen Thank you!
@mandm My pleasure.
Well, that’s it for now. I signed up early-ish in December and have received a total of five codes, so I’m sure I’ll end up having a bunch in a couple of months and see if anyone wants one then.
I also have five codes if anyone needs one.
@OnionSoup Sure, I’ll take one.
@OnionSoup May I have one?
Two codes shared
@OnionSoup Thank you!
Joined. Saw cats. Happy now.
@OnionSoup I am presuming yours are gone by now so I asked brainmist… not to mention you might send me a code for a zillion trackrs instead.
People are generous to offer their codes up. Thank you!
@Kidsandliz Nope, still have a couple left… not sure if @brainmist has sent you one, if not, I will, I’ll hold one aside.
@callow Cats and Possums. That’s about all that’s in my feed! lol
@OnionSoup I would take one if you still have some remaining…thanks
@jchizmar whispered
@OnionSoup thank you!
I have codes, if anyone wants. And it’s a good refuge for literary accounts.
@brainmist You have any left? If yes I’d appreciate one.
@brainmist @Kidsandliz I’ve got one if not.
@brainmist ack, and then I didn’t check back. Anyone still need codes?
Doh. What is bluesky? I’d like to check it out. Whatever it is. I’m curious by nature.
@milstarr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky_(social_network)
@narfcake Very helpful! Thank you! I would like a code.
@milstarr see whisper
@OnionSoup Do you have another code to spare?
If so, thanks in advance, and if not, c’est la vie…
/giphy such is life…
@PhysAssist yes…
Last one… Will whisper
@milstarr In a nutshell, it’s Twitter without Elongated Muskrat.
Mmm have you all not learned your social media lesson by now? Good luck
@unksol Well, if it provides competition for Xitter, I’m willing to give it a chance.
@Kyeh I guess I simply prefer to go without. Y’all have more pictures than any social media ever has
@Kyeh @unksol No offense, but we have not learned our social media lesson by now and we are not planning on learning it in the near future.
@unksol
Two names: Instagram and TikTok.
@werehatrack clarification: more of MY pictures. I will never be on those or create an account
@Kyeh @mossygreen I simply don’t see any value in it, especially in the way they are run and mined. And abused. But that’s just me. And I’ll admit. I’m not the most social person. Might be the least
Any competition to facebook et al is good I guess.
But if social media matters to you and it’s limited I don’t know how you get off of one and on another when you need to move your whole group and basically quit the other.
@Kyeh @unksol Eh, I mostly just socialize here and lurk elsewhere.
@mossygreen @unksol Same; I have never had Facebook Or Twitter, but I often find links to them that are interesting or amusing. I’m still not going to join them. But if bluesky has similar things without the annoying features of the others I’m interested in checking it out.
Not on TikTok either but I lurk a lot on Instagram. Mainly for the cats.
@Kyeh @mossygreen I had Facebook when it first came out/was only available to .edu addresses at certain colleges at the time and no one was using it weird. Mostly college students meeting in class and oh add me for this project. Etc. Didn’t really have cell phones the first year.
Deleted it several years ago. Just wasn’t worth having to me
@Kyeh @unksol “@unksol Well, if it provides competition for Xitter, I’m willing to give it a chance.”
That’s exactly the only reason I signed up… kind of as a protest vote against “X”. I’m not even on Twitter, but think Musk is a turd.
I’m following cat photo and possum photo accounts, and a couple of science accounts, and that’s all… and I check it about once every three months.
@Kyeh @OnionSoup everyone keeps saying “X formerly know as Twitter”. I dig Xitter. Hopefully what everyone is going.
Despite all the the BS it never made any money. I think at most 25% of the US population paid any attention to it at all. Ever.
It was always paid more attention than it deserved and it’s really just an internet PA tool…
Just a random PEW research report
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/26/8-facts-about-americans-and-twitter-as-it-rebrands-to-x/
@OnionSoup @unksol Well, one thing that made me mad was that our city OEM was posting information about things like fires and extreme weather ONLY on Twitter, but that was before it it got X-ed. I haven’t checked to see if that’s changed - I should.
@Kyeh @OnionSoup that is weird. Most locations around here use nixle. Which is just subscribe to get EMA/county/state alerts only. The EMA/police department/county can push alerts but that’s it
Although. It’s worth knowing who runs it and what they are charging/who controls it.
I’d never trust a Xitter post
@OnionSoup @unksol We get alerts through a specific emergency thing that we sign up for, but more extensive details used to only be “tweeted.” Which sounds stupid for official information, really!
)
(Hmm, now that it’s X can we say it’s “X-creted?”
@Kyeh @OnionSoup that makes zero sense.
The state level EMA would be intial/publishing updates.
All links/info should direct to that site.
Other than journalist with credible takes… And do they exist?
I just signed up with no code, so I think it’s open for all now.
@kalma As of yesterday, I think.
For any of you in the Spoutible network:
It’s seems they’ve had a huge and ongoing data breach.
Usernames, Passwords, 2factor token , names, phone numbers, and ip addtresses may have been exposed for all who have accounts.
At the very least please update/change your passwords everywhere else if you re-use passwords. And reset 2factor.
The are prob other steps users ought to take for self-protection.
But this is a corporate, software, and IT-security issue. The users are victims.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/5/24061997/twitter-alternative-spoutible-vulnerabilty
https://hackdojo.io/articles/D0937JGK7/how-spoutible-s-leaky-api-spurted-out-a-deluge-of-personal-data
I don’t know if Spoutible will offer any of the usual and perhaps not useful compensations such as credit monitoring etc.
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Spottable communications on this seem to be positioning the issue, as though it were the result of an attack or of Internet, hostility, or such
That seems not to be the case. It seems to be the software itself simply made the data available in the wild.
It appears that technically nobody had to hack into their systems to get the information they just had to look at what was publicly available to somebody who knows their way around APIs.
@f00l Not on Spoutible, but dang.
@f00l never heard of it, but trusting a start up with… Anything… Eh…
Regardless you should be using unique passwords. You don’t even have to know them, there are numerous passwords safes. Not all need to be online
@unksol
I love my password locker it’s one of the best pieces of software I have ever interacted with, and it’s entirely necessary for my continued existence
I never was on spottable. I never created an account because I cannot stand the human who started it.
I was aware of his reputation for several years because he’s done things to people I was aware of, so once in a while, I would go read up what he was putting on Twitter just to seeing if it was still awful, or deliberately gaslighting or false
And he never disappointed
So I would not have joined that network anyway
@f00l lol that’s some… Obcession