Sandy Knauer on Spoutible

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Christopher Bouzy

@cbouzy

My statement regarding spamming, inauthentic activity, and targeted harassment.

Dear Spoutible users,
Yesterday, an individual created a fake account under the name “Vootin” with the intention of spamming hashtags and disseminating falsehoods. Initially, we chose not to immediately suspend the account to leverage this incident as an opportunity to test our automatic alert system and evaluate how Spoutible’s user base would react to the troll.
We received an overwhelming response, with over 700 reports being submitted by Spoutible users, indicating a high level of concern regarding this individual’s behavior. Most Spoutible users did not engage with the account and chose to block it instead. We believe that if not for the “Making Waves” section, the troll’s actions would have gone unnoticed and only affected a small number of users.
To prevent future incidents of spamming and to avoid the manipulation of the “Making Waves” section, we are implementing new safeguards. We are developing new algorithms that can automatically suspend accounts found to be engaging in sp...

08:15 AM - Mar 02, 2023

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John Henry

@JohnHenryUS

In response to Christopher Bouzy.

If you're serious about inauthentic activity you ought to be banning anyone and everyone sharing from clickbaiters like Occupy Democrats that do nothing but suck money and oxygen out of the room so real activists can't have any.

03:22 PM - Mar 02, 2023

Sandy Knauer

@Sandyknauer

Thank you! The *brands*mostly are exactly what you describe, and little that they use is original. They steal the thoughts of others and slap their brand on it. Also, you don't OCCUPY friends. Ask Ukraine or Wall Street.

In response to John Henry.

09:50 AM - Jul 14, 2023

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