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Nextgrid on July 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers take over prominent Twitter accounts in si...

Cryptocurrency scams have been going on for years despite the fix being an easy "if reply to a high-profile account and contains the words "bitcoin" or "giveaway" then ban".

If they couldn't (or didn't want to) do it then I very much doubt they can do it now.

Polylactic_acid on July 15, 2020 [–]

Instead twitter will repeatedly ban my account for having very little activity.

Nextgrid on July 15, 2020 | [–]

The automatic bans on new accounts are just a scummy tactic to get everyone's phone numbers.

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