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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by MattGaiser on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:56PM (#23852588)
You don't need to kill the entire site. Just the ability to post new messages.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by actuator on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:03PM (#23852703)
They are somewhat right. I have built these feature flag/kill switch kind of things and they rarely get tested. Over time it might not even work or have other side effects.

On the other hand, a product like Twitter having some content moderation filter seems very likely.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by MattGaiser on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:12PM (#23852847)
> they rarely get tested.

One of the largest problems of our industry.

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