[moyix]

For what it's worth, the web site denies involvement with the twitter account:

> I SAW SOME DIFFERENT TWITTER ACCOUNTS CLAIMING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SITE. IS THAT YOU?

> No. Since it is no longer possible to create a Twitter acocunt without a phone number and because we believe anonymity is important, we opted to boycott direct Twitter presence for this site. We don't have a Twitter account.

> We have seen the accounts you're talking about and they aren't associated with us. We don't know who is running them, and some of us are disturbed by their incendiary statements and graphics. We don't condone calls for violence or for Jake to self-harm.

[nickpsecurity]

This is a claim by one member in a smear campaign saying they're not working with others despite everything happening in a day or so. Their claim isn't worth anything.

[Fricken]

Of course their claim is worth something. Everybody is suspicious now of Jacob Applebaum, which is exactly the intended outcome of a smear campaign.

[tacone]

> No. Since it is no longer possible to create a Twitter acocunt without a phone number

Really?

[Xylakant]

Well, at least in germany that's patently false. Twitter asks for a phone number, but there's a skip link below the form. Could be a little more visible, but it works.

[imrehg]

And also one phone number seems to be allowed to be tied to one Twitter account. (Last time I tried). Sucks if I want to make some twitter bots to do a service / data stream, or set up a Twitter account for an organization...

https://support.twitter.com/articles/15348

[tacone]

I mean, really? Do you have to give them your phone to get an account?

So much for growth.