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Needless to say the Streisand effect[1] hit hard here. The account[2] had apparently under 40K followers before all of this; now it clocks north of 160K followe
by franciscop 10y ago
Needless to say the Streisand effect[1] hit hard here. The account[2] had apparently under 40K followers before all of this; now it clocks north of 160K followers.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
[2] https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis
- jacquesm 10y agoThere is no way they didn't see that one coming and if there was they are even more incompetent than they seem. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14058290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14058290 If I could predict that so could just about everybody else. So, obviously they won't be trying this particular avenue again, is there a list of such accounts?
- lkbm 10y agoHere's a list, though I don'tk now how maintained it is: http://www.core77.com/posts/60230/Heres-a-List-of-All-the-US-Govts-Rogue-Twitter-Accounts-Fighting-Trumps-Crackdown-on-Science http://www.core77.com/posts/60230/Heres-a-List-of-All-the-US...
- jacquesm 10y agoThank you. I checked all of them quickly, there are a few duds in them but most seem legit, but quite a few are not too active (last tweet a while ago). So likely that list is not actively maintained but it's a good starting point.
- squidfood 10y agoOn the other hand: "We are taking a break! The past few days have been extremely difficult and full of anxiety. Thank you again America!" Chilling effect achieved.
- Buge 10y agoThis could have influenced Twitter's decision to sue: to get more positive publicity for themselves.