Alex Wellerstein on Twitter: "Which monster at Adobe decided that the only way you could change the name attributed to your PDF comments in Acrobat was to edit them each individually?"

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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

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1. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein Apr 17
  
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  (Or to change your system's log-in name, which is equally barbaric.)
  
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1. Jim Fleming‏ @JFlemingHistory Apr 17
  
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  PDF --> MSWord --> Track Changes --> Anonymous --> PDF?
  
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1. Adobe Acrobat‏Verified account @Acrobat Apr 17
  
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  Hey Alex, could you please confirm if you are trying to make the author name on the comments added by you to be the default name? We are here to help, just need more information. Thanks.^MN
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1. ه҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿҈̿ Miranda Ghrist‏ @MirandaGhrist Apr 18
  
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  You know you're a somebody when the twitter of a large company doesn't respond with a ploy to get you to follow them
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