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OsCon Twitter and PR rep block concerned customers, developers, and strangers alike News

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Editor’s note: I have contacted both O’Reilly Media and OsCon for a statement on the topic below and up to this writing I have received no response except that it was forwarded to a different email contact at OsCon. If I do receive a response we will update this piece. OsCon, a convention for open … [Read more…]

Twitter releases a new ‘harassment filter’ whether users like it or not

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Over the last couple of days users of the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, have begun to see the effects of a new quality filter rolled out to protect users from abusive comments.  According to Twitter, the new filter is designed to catch abusive tweets directed at users and keep said target from seeing the post … [Read more…]