Jonah @jonah@social.privacytools.io

I changed my mind: I want to try out going invite-only and see how it works out for us. We're getting a lot of registrations but it seems like most accounts aren't even used. I strongly believe in quality over quantity and I hope adding some limits will help keep our conversations great!

More info @ https://social.privacytools.io/about/more#invites — definitely open to feedback on this.

Hey everyone! Just a friendly reminder that this instance is privately-operated and does have a code of conduct. It's a simple one but it does exist! https://social.privacytools.io/about/more

I highly recommend people check it out and use common sense and there won't be an issue. We are highly responsive to user reports made as well, and if you don't think we're handling something quick enough you can always ping me. Definitely want to discourage instance blocks to avoid fediverse fragmentation 😄

I should have a pinned message to new users.

Welcome to social.privacytools.io everyone! If you have any questions feel free to mention me in a post or DM and I'd be happy to answer them!

Also, adding a profile picture, bio, and an #introduction post will go a long way towards discovering new and interesting people in the fediverse 😄

What the fuck

RT @QasimRashid@twitter.com

Here’s the video footage of the MN State Police’s bizarre arrest of the CNN crew.

The CNN crew clearly identified themselves, explained why they were there, & offered to move to wherever police instructed.

Still arrested w/o explanation.
#MinneapolisRiot https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/1266315061209030658/video/1

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1266339162782928897

Massive shoutout to Techlore (of https://techlore.tech and YouTube fame) for sponsoring PrivacyTools 🎉 😄

As an aside, we've just reworked our sponsorship program starting at $10. If you enjoy what we do at PrivacyTools, please consider supporting us and our endeavors! Check it out at https://www.privacytools.io/sponsors/

Well you don't see this every day, we have a true leader here in Minneapolis. Hopefully the county attorney does the right thing https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=eAjUeXTf56s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAjUeXTf56s]

Man, long distance data transfers are no fun. Almost finished :)

RT @privacytoolsIO@twitter.com

Just a reminder for everyone, the Matrix homeserver is going offline in a few hours, but it should definitely be worth it, the new server is crazy (we'll be back ASAP!) :P https://privacytools.statuspage.io/incidents/7ftdpkv172mf

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/privacytoolsIO/status/1263462046215163911

Pretty bold move 😆

RT @ivpnnet@twitter.com

Read ‘Why you don’t need a VPN’ - the first post in our blog series ‘VPN Worst Practices’. It covers misleading marketing messages and common misconceptions on what VPNs are useful for. https://www.ivpn.net/blog/why-you-dont-need-a-vpn/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ivpnnet/status/1262733708496379909

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