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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social

A few things. First, it's true that certain words or phrases are suppressed on social media platforms, whether for good or ill. But this also speaks to the general sense that "algorithms are magic," which is an attitude that I think AltNPS tries to encourage.

Alt National Park Service: Across social media (TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook) you might notice a new trend: posts that include the word “protest” are often suppressed by platform algorithms. In response, many people have started using coded language (referring to protests as “music festivals,” “community picnics,” or even “art walks”) to avoid censorship. Remember to get creative with your wording.
aug 17, 2025, 8:42 pm • 26 4

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Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social

Maybe they are planning on tagging literal picnics and music festivals with a wink to get their followers all worked up.

aug 17, 2025, 8:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social

Whether it's something like this, or their new obsession with Facebook check-ins, or their seemingly dead habit of posting random numbers, AltNPS seems to buy into the idea that social media algorithms are esoteric, mystical systems that can be tamed if you know how.

aug 17, 2025, 8:44 pm • 15 3 • view
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social

like Meta doesn't have a massive ai operation scanning the contents of the photos/videos lol

aug 17, 2025, 8:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social

Check in on Facebook! Use these special codewords! You are the chosen, the insiders who we've deemed worthy of this knowledge. No, don't ask what the numbers mean. They're not for you.

Alt National Park Service, 4/1/25: And remember the first rule of Fight Club: we don't talk about Fight Club. We'll keep everyone updated as we can. Six. Twelve. Twenty-one. Now go cause some good trouble.
aug 17, 2025, 8:48 pm • 19 1 • view
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AltWatcher @altwatcher.bsky.social

I've written before about how AltNPS claiming to be a covert organization of vulnerable insiders operating on Facebook is even more of a farce when you understand how unsecure Facebook is. But this is different: they're preying on people's (legit) paranoia and (justified) fear of these platforms.

aug 17, 2025, 8:58 pm • 24 1 • view