Hey Folks, Technology Mod here. We're aware of the reports that this post has gathered. I recognize that this is probably fake and that the source is suspect.

While we don't have any source requirements in the sidebar for this community, in general better sources would be preferred. However, the post has generated enough discussion that I hesitate to remove it. Unfortunately, Lemmy doesn't provide many tools for us to deal with situations like this, such as pinning comments, editing titles, or adding flair. For now, I'll be leaving the post up, but I'll continue to watch the discussion to see if other actions might need to be taken.

Thanks for your patience, folks.

any better source than a random discord screenshot?

former bird employee on how it's almost certainly fake

https://hachyderm.io/@petrillic/112844483301730807

ngl this looks fake as hell

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What kind of shitty programmers make their variables this way

To my knowledge, twitter doesn't block anyone from using slurs to begin with. I'm sure you can find plenty used on daily basis on "black twitter" for example.

That being said I'm going to need a more credible source than a random screenshot

So many Trumps these days. But, is this even real? Not because I don't think this can't be real, because it's Twitter. My question is, is there any evidence this image being real? Because anyone could create such a fake and most people would believe it... -- which tells a lot about Twitter, BTW, regardless of being true or false.

Url does not resolve to an IP address

I kinda doubt there’s gonna be any level of shitstorm

This is, however, hilarious.

1. Why would this show in their API? Makes no sense.
2. Isn't everybody allowed to use slurs on there now?

Can someone confirm this is real?

Unless there's a plausible snapshot from the wayback machine or archive.is, with DNS decords or any other traces that could link the name to Twitter in an official capacity, I'd take this with a grain of salt.

I made the following report on this post:

Serious claim without proper source. Please consider adding a flair or editing the title to indicate it's unverified and/or lack source

Remember kids: ✌ two sources or it didnt happen

Ugh, this is all so pathetic.

Bending over backwards to accommodate the loudest idiots in the room because they complain when they face consequences for their actions.