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.
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)
Whoever was following these people aren't taking a hard look at themselves in the mirror now. They're just searching out the same content that is "really" American.
I'd reckon Twitter's long-term goal isn't to make the trolls go away, but to pay for the privilege of visibility.
FB has required real identities for a long, long time.
I don’t think that case study provides a good before/after analysis.
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People are “toxic” in general. They kill each other.
But removing anonymity reduces it.
X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run
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hbarka•2mo ago
Why product managers overseeing any forum platform have not implemented something easy and obvious as account location metadata is something sociologists need to study.
Nextgrid•2mo ago
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.
karlgkk•2mo ago
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.
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verdverm•2mo ago
one can imagine the influencers saying they X is lying or I fear for my safety and them the whole bandwagon joining in
genter•2mo ago
https://www.threads.com/@timmy_tostada/post/DRaGc3PDwSh
mc32•2mo ago