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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014

    Tweet neutrality? @codinghorror: ‘verified’ twitter users can DM any links. Non-verified can only DM links from a small whitelist of domains

    5:15 AM - 8 May 2014
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        …The thing with closed silos is, they make the rules. Your choice is limited to using them or not using them.

        3 replies 2 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        …If nearly all of them have the same sort of rules — or the same business model, for example — your choice is to use the Net or disconnect.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        (…unless you’re technically-savvy and can install/setup/use free/open tools.) Or, of course, we can change this:http://indietech.org 

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. Lloyd Watkin  🇪🇺‏ @lloydwatkin 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral or head to http://hosting.buddycloud.com , set up an account for #free #decentralized #social networking :) #xmpp /cc @buddycloud

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @lloydwatkin

        @lloydwatkin Hey Lloyd, thanks for the heads up on @buddycloud :) If you’re in the UK, watch this space for something happening on July 4th.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Lloyd Watkin  🇪🇺‏ @lloydwatkin 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I live in #bristol. Is this the indie phone kickstarter?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @lloydwatkin

        @lloydwatkin Nope. An event that you may enjoy attending :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Peter Cooper‏ @peterc 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @codinghorror Not sure I should be saying this but so can I. I've not had any sort of link restricted on DMs in a cpl years it seems.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @peterc

        @peterc @codinghorror Then it’s more complicated than verified/not. I couldn’t send the URL you sent me back to you, Peter.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Seb Lee-Delisle‏Verified account @seb_ly 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @peterc @codinghorror I can’t send URLs.

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 8 May 2014
        Replying to @seb_ly

        @seb_ly Well @peterc can and he’s not verified. I can’t either. +@codinghorror

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. bookmeister‏ @bookmeister 9 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral also in a totally unrelated tweet have you managed to have a go on the glorious - monument valley - game yet? :)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Brexodus‏ @hyper_linda 9 May 2014
        Replying to @bookmeister

        @bookmeister @aral monument valley is pretty but boring. You should all be playing the floor is jelly instead.

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 9 May 2014
        Replying to @hyper_linda

        @hyper_linda @bookmeister Boring? I absolutely loved it.

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      5. End of conversation
      1. Natalie Burns‏ @natlburns 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @codinghorror does that mean we can point fingers at verified users for starting all twitter hacking messages? ;)

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      1. bookmeister‏ @bookmeister 9 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral I see you are still using the closed silo, non-neutral, for-profit Twitter service. A lot.

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      1. Vitor Domingos‏ @vd 8 May 2014
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        @aral @codinghorror so, verified users can spam others at will... great feature eh ? :)

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      2. Lloyd Watkin  🇪🇺‏ @lloydwatkin 8 May 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral we're all just #plebs to twitter :) /cc @zooldk @codinghorror

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      3. Steffen Larsen‏ @zooldk 8 May 2014
        Replying to @lloydwatkin

        @lloydwatkin @aral @codinghorror Actually its fine that twitter does not have neutrality. I just want #transparancy! #openness #FTW

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