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X (Twitter) wants your ID - don't give it to them.

Now the social app formerly known as Twitter, X, wants you to verify your identity by uploading your ID. If this becomes a requirement, my account will be script-deleted so that I can remove as much data as a user possibly can.

3 min read Aug 20, 2023

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Cleaning Twitter by unfollowing, to reset your follows/following flow.

Dabitch

Sometimes a Twitter cleanse is necessary, as the Twitter app has some odd bugs in it and acts up from time to time.

9 min read Apr 7, 2021

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Deleting Twitter favourites/likes with one click

Dabitch

I have been in the habit for years now, to delete my Twitter favourites or likes, because I 'heart' them for lots of reasons, most of which have nothing to do with actually liking the tweet.

2 min read Dec 12, 2019

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Aluma Social Welfare - putting homeless people on the digital map

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The Fan Club wanted people to notice the homeless in Malmö. With $0 budget. While people were busy playing gowalla and 4square on their phones.

1 min read Jul 1, 2016

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Sociala nätverk gör webben asocial

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DET STORMAR PÅ NÄTET. Mediahuset fött ur blogg- revolutionen, Gawker, tappar publik och ansikte när Hulk Hogan vann sitt fall om privatlivsintrång mot dem

2 min read May 13, 2016

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Dabitch - Verified

Dabitch

Ah, so I am now verified on Twitter. Noice. Looks good. Now let's see how this affects reach,…

1 min read Aug 23, 2014

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Facebook - you are not the customer. You are the product.

Dabitch

It's no secret that I really dislike Facebook. It's not their constant sudden changes to the API or the UI or their privacy policy that spurred my dislike.

3 min read May 10, 2010

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Can't talk now, busy having these tweets bronzed.

Dabitch

There were many brilliant people that tutored us at the SCA back in the day, the two that really made their permanent impression on me were Dave Trott and Paul Arden

1 min read Mar 18, 2010

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Gowalla-Flashmob - I just went around the world to propose to Terri Carlson.

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This lady on the left just received a digital proposal from me. Wth? Yes, I'm in a hetro relationship right now, but Terri Carlson says she will marry for health insurance, which might seem like pretty drastic measures, but as she explains it's her only option.

2 min read Feb 20, 2010

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No, there are no proxies involved in "hacking" gowalla

Dabitch

Why I'm pretty sure my little fly around the world stunt will get me banned is shown in the GetSatifaction forums here, where people are upset about folk who check-in where they are not (some even dislike "drive-by check-ins)

1 min read Feb 19, 2010

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Bored with geotagging now... Kinda.

Dabitch

What should I found next? Yes, I founded the oval office map point on Gowalla because why the heck not.

1 min read Feb 18, 2010

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Confessions of a Gowalla "hacker"

Dabitch

As you know, it all started because of that "pleaserobme" page. I Dashed around 4square to prove a point, and then did the same excersize in Gowalla (which I play), to not play favorites with either service.

4 min read Feb 18, 2010