Nemo_bis

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200 comments and this is the only correct one :)
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There are some examples at https://fedi.tips/crossposting-between-mastodon-and-other-so...

The key point is that you must not post in XTwitter first, but you have to use the crossposter's client as source. Pulling content out of XTwitter, even your own, is onerous.

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Tall order. The main Nitter instances were using tens of thousands of accounts to evade detection, IIRC. Adding money to the mix creates more legal liability and a paper trail towards people who can be sued.

It's much easier if thousands of people set up their own Nitter instances.

Comment · 1 month ago
That's the point, companies are not able to measure that. At all.
Comment · 1 month ago
Yes, it's because of the XTwitter API changes (mostly between February 2023 and February 2024).

People have been crossposting to Mastodon and the fediverse for many years.

In the old days you would do it with a desktop or mobile client for Twitter and Identi.ca. In the 2020s there were many server-side crossposters like moa.party. https://wiert.me/2025/05/19/moa-link-your-mastodon-account-t...

Nowadays such clients are effectively impossible, because the XTwitter API pricing is designed for business users only. Some bigger services can afford to pay for the privilege to post via the API (e.g. Buffer I think?), which can work for corporate communications. The prices are such that often it's cheaper to pay a person to do the crossposting manually and do it properly while at it.

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USA entities sometimes are not even aware that they have a fully functioning euro account able to receive fee-free SEPA bank transfers, simply as a mechanical consequence of having an euro-denominated account. In the past I've tested this: I asked the IBAN of an euro-denominated account from USA non-profits, got warned nobody ever sent money there, proceeded to send a donation anyway, had it work perfectly fine.

HOWEVER it's conceivable that the USA bank might end up charging some BS fees on their side just because they can. That's hard to control for.

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