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Twitter debuts aliases for contributors to its Birdwatch moderation program, so their handles aren't included in notes they leave on users' tweets

The program is intended as a method of debunking misinformation on the platform  —  Twitter is introducing aliases for participants …

The Verge Kim Lyons

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  • @birdwatch @birdwatch on x
    🐦Introducing Birdwatch aliases!🔍 We want everyone to feel comfortable contributing to Birdwatch, and aliases let you write and rate notes without sharing your Twitter username. https://twitter.com/...
  • @kcoleman Keith Coleman on x
    In addition to helping people feel comfortable, we believe aliases have the potential to reduce bias and reduce polarization. Thanks to all the @birdwatch contributors who provided input on this 🙏 https://twitter.com/...
  • @mbfhunzaker Mary Beth Hunzaker on x
    Today we are launching Aliases for Birdwatch contributors 🎉 This update is a result of nearly a year of research & collaboration, and I'm so excited to see it come to life! A little on research that informed this update ⬇️ https://twitter.com/...
  • @chris_bail Chris Bail on x
    Twitter is rolling out pseudonymous, crowd-sourced fact checking today. Birdwatch is such a cool initiative that not only implements insights from social science research, but will also generate a mountain of new data to help us all learn more about the challenges ahead 👏👏👏 https…
  • @chrismessina @chrismessina on x
    Pseudonymity comes to Twitter's crowdsourced misinformation tool, @birdwatch. Curious to see if this will result in any abuses — or the inverse, more reliable data. #identity #privacy https://twitter.com/...