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The routine of a loyal X (formerly known as Twitter) user remains relatively simple.
You open the app and scroll to see what The Discourse is for the day. Someone’s thought entices you enough to prompt a glance at the replies.
But as you expand, you are suddenly flooded with throngs of desperate, half-naked women urging you to click their ░L░I░N░K░I░N░B░I░O░. The accounts themselves are usually barren of original posts, with a stolen image as the profile picture and a spammy link to a webcam site in their bio.
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