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Airplanista 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> I have used both eBay and Craigslist for years to off-load stuff, until lately. Craigslist has been taken over by bots, and eBay just produces a flurry of <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/scammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scammy</span></a> <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/assholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assholes</span></a> running whatever <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> they're into today.</p><p>Someone told me about <a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> Marketplace, but when I see loads of 2015 Corvettes for $1, Kawasaki crotch rockets for $50 or Masaratis for $500, I run fast the other way.</p><p><a href="https://squawk.mytransponder.com/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> cranked up to 11.</p>
John Burns<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@tirrimas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tirrimas</span></a></span> </p><p>Random send. Not requested by doctor.</p><p>If you follow instructions- they can bill for the unrequested work.</p><p><a href="https://kzoo.to/tags/Scammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scammy</span></a></p>
teledyn 𓂀<p>email from some dot-com <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Viberate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Viberate</span></a> with a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/scammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scammy</span></a> tracker link to "the page created for you!" — the text over the link spelled a url, copy/paste to firefox, and there it is, a really vague summary description of us on a public page, with a blurry banner that could be us who knows, and a feature photo of different band! (albeit closely related)</p><p>Email explains "a fan" submitted our details, I'm guessing the 'fan' was AI, as was the researcher; they want $2/mo, no mention how much to take it down.</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>"X is showing some ads in users' Following feeds without an "Ad" label, recognizable only by clicking for more information, which could attract FTC scrutiny" <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Birdsite</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/scammy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scammy</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/ftc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ftc</span></a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/x-formerly-twitter-caught-running-unlabeled-ads-in-users-following-feeds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/x-fo</span><span class="invisible">rmerly-twitter-caught-running-unlabeled-ads-in-users-following-feeds/</span></a></p>
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