Torba the psychopath not only forging another Trump post on Gab but doubling down by promoting it.
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@judgedread What do you mean? The account you linked clearly states that it is not donald trump and that it is simply a mirror of his posts... how is that forging? Or are you saying it isnt really mirroring his posts but just posting made up posts?

@freemo The POST does not state that.

A grifter like Torba knows how to lie by misdirection. Most people never research anything, never click to the next level. I have seen thousands of posts, not just on Gab, written by people who took the BLUE CHECK MARK on every post of the fake Gab Trump as proof that it was really him.

@judgedread

His account does... so your complaining that people were idiots and assumed it was really him without checking the **front page** of the account first?

I mean it would be perfectly fair to criticize the general group of people who made that mistake without even checking the account, I would agree with you there. Still not sure how you can possibly claim he is "forging" anything though, he isnt, and he rather clearly stated what it is. Other people being too stupid to realize its not him because they didnt bother to check doesnt make it a forgery, just makes most people idiots..

@muho

True, but it still explicitly states it is just reposting content from his twitter feed. So while it was less explicit about it being unofficial, it doesnt appear their intention was to mislead anyone, they just werent very explicit in their wording, but most people would still understand from that wording that it was just a mirror.

That said, still not sure what the problem is, the first description was somewhat problematic and the owner of the account went out of their way once someone brought that up to change the wording to make it more clear (which shows they are operating in good faith)... so again, hard to see what the problem is here.

@judgedread

@freemo @judgedread I don't know how it was conveyed in your country, but when the media in Taiwan described Gab a few months ago as "the alt social media that Trump also has an account other than Twitter and Facebook," and at that time Gab didn't mention in the ABOUT that this account is just mirrored bot or whatever, nor did they say it is "reserved" for Trump.

@muho

Thats unfortunate. But again the account states in the screenshot you provided:

> posts from @realdonaldtrump feed.

So the account did state (though slightly less explicitly) even in your screenshot that it was a mirror of his twitter feed.

So what I'm hearing is, your Taiwan media either screwed up or just generally doesnt do a good job at fact checking, and stated something they had no evidence to support. Sounds like the problem here is with your media doing a shitty job (at least in this case) and not the account.

Again its important to note that while it did mention it was a mirror of his twitter feed it seems once the account holder realized someone mistook it for a real account (perhaps this was specifically in response to the mistake made by the Twain media) they even went out of their way to add extra text to make it even more clear.

So again, not really sure the problem has anything to do with whoever runs that bot, seems the problem is with people stating things without fact checking it first.

@judgedread

@freemo @judgedread It didn't state anything about Trump's Twitter account, maybe the hyperlink directed to it idk. I agree our media are shitty, actually most media anywhere nowadays are, but it is undeniable that Gab was misleading and they did benefit from it.

@muho

It had the exact words I just quoted on it, and it doesn't appear to have redirected. See attached imaged I highlighted it.

@judgedread

@freemo I did read clearly before I posted it. If there was no redirect, I see no reason people should recognise the posts are from Twitter rather than from this very same account. Let me put it this way: if @freemo@freespeechextremist.com appeared without your consent, and it copied your bio, saying it is uncensored feed from @freemo (not @freemo) I may assume it to be your alt, before I verify it with you.
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@muho I highlighed the exact words in your own image (and sent it in my last response to you (it is attached again) specifically where the account (as of a month ago) still stated it was a twitter mirror (with a link to twitter and all). It is circled in red.

So not sure how you can say it didnt say that when it literally said that.

@muho see the part where I highlighted where it says "@realdonaldtrump", that phrase is colored different because it is a **link**, if you clicked it it took you to his twitter feed.

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