they're doing that there now too they're doing the same thing on discord

this why X is going down the drin and everyone should slowly transishion of to bluesky now as its now a pool of scamers and haters on there like facebook was once

facebook and twitter are both cesspools full of awful people.

As well as Reddit, hope Gill gets her account back!

Reddit isn't nearly as bad. Depends on the subreddits.

But yeah facebook and Twitter are the *Sees the general tag* Crapper.

Oh ye, but believe me, it is up there... Seen less subreddits that legit give a damn about being sensible and way more of "you must do what we do or else we will ban you for insubordination!"

tbh this happens everywhere

The same thing will be happening in bluesky if the get the X's user's attention

Dinko gotta die.

oh no those stupid messages.

I hope whoever started that crap dies in a fire. The fuck is wrong with people.
I almost got a virus with this scam on Discord but someone helped me undo it.

second person I have seen get hit by this.... that sucks ... hope you can get your account back..

Thanks for the heads up.

Damn
Im sorry that happened to you. :(

i just assume if it's from someone i don't know it's a scam. or even if its someone i know.

Followed you on Bsky.

In 2016, I fell for a similar scam on discord where I gave the scammer one of my discord accounts and my old steam account. I luckily got the yoinked discord account back, but not the old steam account.

its a old Copy paste scam, its been around since summer last year, its sadly effective to those that are not aware, this scam can be found on Steam, Discord, Twitter, Facebook, telegram skype, and zoom.

thank you for posting this PSA, i did it on journals but not many look at my account, glad you post it on yours as more folks watch ya here.

Or just...quit Twitter altogether lol

This.

There comes a point where any furry or LGBTQ+ person willingly staying on Twitter makes me wonder if they support Elon and voted for Trump lol, why would anyone stay on a platform that protects and harbors racists, nazis and sexists?

Sadly, for the user traffic.

not just racists nazis and sexists but pedophiles,rapists,scammers, shady people and sexual predators of all kind.

Yeah, and to those saying "but my traffic!" if you move, they will follow. At some point you have to just bite the bullet and leave because not leaving at this point...I start to look at you as a supporter for everything Musk/Trump stand for.

Twitter is a a sinking ship beyond repair,you are just delaying the inevitable by staying there.

Hey while I can get you guys have a stance to provide on this, could we not do this on a PSA/announcement regarding an artist being hacked/scammed? Maybe move this elsewhere, please?

This is hardly the place for this.

I voted Kamala and I have twitter because I have a bunch of my followers on Twitter. Some of them follow me on Bluesky but I'm still waiting for a bunch more. I'm 1 follower away from 100 on Bluesky versus the 817 just to give a fair idea how many people follow me on both platforms.

The question is: How many of those 817 are either dead or inertia follows? BlueSky is young enough that numbers there are going to be pretty much purely still actively paying attention to you, as opposed to "I followed them years ago and haven't bothered unfollowing," or "I don't even use that account any more."

Truth be told though, a lot of peeps don't like making social accounts every time something happens, they eventually just stick with what they have. Even if they moved to bluesky, not that many would even follow. So its kind a understandable why many would make bluesky as their new/sub account while keeping their twitter as their main. Some even said "I would have to rebuild everything from the ground up again." That's another reason why many just don't want to leave.

im happy that you understand!

Unfortunate take.

If you don't like Gill's take, you're free to follow through on the rhetoric in your below comment and unwatch them.

OR you could instead realize that such combative, hardline stances tend to make enemies out of those who'd otherwise gladly be allies.

Pretty much this. We're long past the point where I feel comfortable giving anyone leeway for staying anymore. You're either implicit or don't care; either way, fuck you.

im mainly on there due to the fact its the only way i can keep in contact with a friend from japan since they dont use facebook or any other messenger my best buddy since i moved out of japan still keep in contact with them from when i was a kid

I know this all too well. I also was recently hacked and had to fix a lot of things.

I got off of X months ago. Blue Sky is better.

it's also a steam scam, people just don't know when to quit and will do anything they can to get accounts under their control

also i really don't use twitter myself aside from a few random connections for roblox or gumroad

Sadly, some of this is starting to happen on Bluesky, so it's unavoidable. But, Bluesky isn't a hellsite managed by the world's biggest manchild, so that should hopefully give most people a reason to use it.

Noooo, that sucks!

You should not attempt to go back to that horrible place hell if you are a furry , lgbtq a minority or just anyone with human decency are no longer welcome and safe there as it now a far right and extremist dangerous harmful echo chamber alongside the owner who actively encourage horrible people,while also ignoring the zoophiles and pedophiles being active there.

I do try to look at the non political things, like I follow the out of context channels because they provide some funny stuff

ah yeah, I received this scam a few months ago. I obviously didn't fell for it
Be weary, there is a very similar scam going around on Discord. Never accept a random link by friends with a story of "sorry, I reposted you by accident" or, "can you use this link and help a friend with X"
Always research that info on your own before accepting any links, if not don't accept them, specially if the contact says there is a timer or sense of urgency

"Looks like we're gonna have to kill this dinko."
"Damn..."

that scam has been around for over a decade on multiple platforms at this point saddly

oof. IM sorry to hear.

Ooof Hope you get your account back soon mate

Frankly, you might as well take it as a sign to just drop The Site Formerly Known as Twitter.

Scam is not a Twitter thing, it's a question of fraud and extortion, it could have happened on any network so it's irrelevant to mention that

Not if you look at Twitter overall. Sure it happens on other platforms. But Twitter has many, many other problems. Like the n@zi who owns it.

Yeah but is not th topic rn, lest focus on the situation

Yeesh, that bites... Hopefully the admins can help you recover your main account, but anymore, I doubt there's anyone still working in that department.

Scammers are the absolute worst.

oh this is a similar discord one

Yeah... i felt for that shit some weeeks ago, thanks to the circumstances...
But got my account back two weeks later, thanks to the real X-Support.

How it works?
The Scammer writes you on a already kidnapped account and tells you, that he got scammed and "accidently" asked his followers to mass-report you, which could leading to a IP-ban of your accs.
He tells you then to make contact with the "X-Support", which he "contacted" in order to clear that
circumstance, but it would be better if you as person clarifiy this.

The "Support" then asks a lot of questions then (quiet profesional, which caught me offguard)
and asks you then to change your email-adress to a certain emailadress (FakeSupportAdress) for a overhaul scanning.
And the very moment, you do exactly this, your account is gone and he demands a 250$ fee for the scanning thing, which was the moment in hit my like a thunderstruck...

People forget the golden rule "Never provide any info even to the officials like the bank or the devs. Codes are for your eyes only, no one elses." In discord the urls are not the real ones, if you hover over the url without clicking it, it should then show you the actual real path that they are hiding.

yeah I fell for it on discord. Always keep calm and research first before you contact the so called admins and helpers, because they want your account and scam you. Basterds!

twitter fucking sucks

Might be a sign to ditch X for bluesky

Creatures like that deserve to have their fingers cut off one by one.

X sucks!

Time to leave the Ratzi bar, anyway!

A classic, also seen on Discord - trying to get Steam accounts. Best advice in any situation like this, even if it's real: the company will come to you. If they don't, they didn't care enough.

It's sad to see scammer scum succeed with such tactics, even though they offer hints about it being bs themselves: problem with account a, but accidentally reported account b (their problem, not yours). Asked friends to report the wrong account, too (who cares, "dear X, this account allegedly did something to Y, please do something. I'm not the/a victim or a witness offering own proof, tho. that's not a problem, right?").

Hope you get your account back. Also hope scammer falls down the stairs.

Luckily I dont use Twitter in general

Why are you even still on Twitter in the first place?