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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @02:50AM (#23856489)
There's a simpler explanation: someone wants to destroy Twitter. (Bless them, lol.)

Twitter's only value to the world is the idea that it is a platform where "celebs" can safely broadcast their message to the public. That value proposition has now been destroyed.

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by the_gipsy on Thursday July 16, 2020 @03:03AM (#23856553)
"destroyed", a bit exaggerated, mate.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:06AM (#23857130)
Well, if I was Obama I'd cancel my Twitter account ASAP. Today the tweet is relatively harmless and obviously fake, but who's to say that tomorrow something really toxic to Obama's reputation won't be posted under Obama's name? (Say, something anti-feminist.)

Are there better options?

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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by the_gipsy on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:53AM (#23871851)
Accounts get hacked/phished all the time, it's not a big deal.
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Re:Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in simultane... by otabdeveloper4 on Saturday July 18, 2020 @05:29AM (#23880191)
> ...it's not a big deal.

Unless you're Obama or Trump.

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