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His feed died right around the time that half the internet (and Twitter) died due to the dyndns DDOS and he writes it off as a "coincidence" instead of the most
by t0mbstone 10y ago
His feed died right around the time that half the internet (and Twitter) died due to the dyndns DDOS and he writes it off as a "coincidence" instead of the most likely cause. I'm normally a fan of Scott Adams, but it feels like he's getting a little tin foil hat as he is aging...
- achalkley 10y agoIt seems that Soros thinks more about the "Dilbert Guy" more than he should.
- danso 10y agoFWIW, he's been complaining about shadowbanning for at least a week, well before the effects of the DDOS: http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151981022076/is-twitter-shadowbanning-me http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151981022076/is-twitter-shadowb... I feel like I know Twitter...but I honestly don't know what is meant by shadowbanning in Twitter. If such a concept were to be possible, would it have something to do with Twitter tweaking out Adams' tweets show up for users who have their timelines set to be curated (instead of by timeliness)? This seems like a conspiracy theory that Adams hasn't done much to independently evaluate.
- t0mbstone 10y agoAh, ok. I guess I misunderstood what he wrote.
- maxerickson 10y agoA Twitter shadowban is when they throw knives in your Cheerios. Doesn't make a lot of sense, but there you go.
- saynsedit 10y agoI've been provably shadowbanned by Twitter before so it is something they practice. N/s what happened in his case.
- r721 10y agoThere were some reports earlier: https://medium.com/@UnshavedGoat/is-twitter-shadowbanning-you-a55941f9b3cc https://medium.com/@UnshavedGoat/is-twitter-shadowbanning-yo... http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/07/twitter-shadowbans-censorship-and-antitrust/8173/ http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/07/twitter-shadowbans-cens...
- captainmuon 10y agoI thought the "coincidence" he was talking about was that the DDOS occurred on the same day that he jokingly threatened to take down Twitter. That his viewer counter dropped to zero was (as I interpret this post) unrelated to the hack, and the result of some kind of moderation. Whether that is true, I cannot tell.
- 464192002d7fe1c 10y ago> I thought the "coincidence" he was talking about was that the DDOS occurred on the same day that he jokingly threatened to take down Twitter. Yes, exactly. He gave twitter a "deadline" of two days, two days before the dyn attack and specifically wanted to (jokingly) point out that he wasn't responsible for it.