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AllSocial, a social media platform secretly run by pro-Trump operatives that gained data on 1.6M users and their "contacts," shut down last month w/ no explanation to its users.

Shortly before that, a software developer claimed to have AllSocial's "source code." /1
THREAD:AllSocial, a social media platform secretly run by pro-Trump operatives that gained data on 1.6M users and their "contacts," shut down last month w/ no explanation to its users.Shortly before that, a software developer claimed to have AllSocial's "source code." /1
THREAD:AllSocial, a social media platform secretly run by pro-Trump operatives that gained data on 1.6M users and their "contacts," shut down last month w/ no explanation to its users.Shortly before that, a software developer claimed to have AllSocial's "source code." /1
AllSocial's users have been left in the dark as to why a "maintenance update" announced on 6/19 has turned into a 1-month+ hiatus, with no further explanation as to why they can no longer access their profiles and data.

Has their data been breached and they haven't been told? /2
This is a matter I believe should be explored thoroughly by journalists, tech experts, and perhaps the @FBI.

Certain circumstantial evidence suggests the "software developer" in question may be this person, Dmitro Pohrebniak, who purports to live in Ukraine. /3
The circumstantial evidence is, shortly before AllSocial made the "source code" tweet, Dmitro--a "software engineer"--started following me, he liked a thread of mine on Ken Eldred (an AllSocial director), and he liked and followed tweets by AllSocial's President, Mark Weimer. /4
The circumstantial evidence is, shortly before AllSocial made the "source code" tweet, Dmitro--a "software engineer"--started following me, he liked a thread of mine on Ken Eldred (an AllSocial director), and he liked and followed tweets by AllSocial's President, Mark Weimer. /4
The circumstantial evidence is, shortly before AllSocial made the "source code" tweet, Dmitro--a "software engineer"--started following me, he liked a thread of mine on Ken Eldred (an AllSocial director), and he liked and followed tweets by AllSocial's President, Mark Weimer. /4
The circumstantial evidence is, shortly before AllSocial made the "source code" tweet, Dmitro--a "software engineer"--started following me, he liked a thread of mine on Ken Eldred (an AllSocial director), and he liked and followed tweets by AllSocial's President, Mark Weimer. /4
The circumstantial evidence is, shortly before AllSocial made the "source code" tweet, Dmitro--a "software engineer"--started following me, he liked a thread of mine on Ken Eldred (an AllSocial director), and he liked and followed tweets by AllSocial's President, Mark Weimer. /4
Dmitro's Twitter account is no longer active. Neither is a FB profile for Dmitro that had 5 friends as of 6/4/20, I believe all from Ukraine.

If any journalists and investigators are interested, I have relevant screenshots of his now-deleted FB profile I'd be willing to share./5
On AllSocial's page on FB, multiple AS users commented underneath the "maintenance update" post indicating they still had trouble logging in days and weeks later, including some indicating they sent AllSocial an email, but never heard back. /6
On AllSocial's page on FB, multiple AS users commented underneath the "maintenance update" post indicating they still had trouble logging in days and weeks later, including some indicating they sent AllSocial an email, but never heard back. /6
On AllSocial's page on FB, multiple AS users commented underneath the "maintenance update" post indicating they still had trouble logging in days and weeks later, including some indicating they sent AllSocial an email, but never heard back. /6
One commenter said, "Starting to smell like foul play."

Another, who was aware of the "source code" situation said, "someone said he will make all the [source code] data public soon."

Another claims AS "laid off their employees and shut down," adding "My friend worked there."/7
One commenter said, "Starting to smell like foul play."Another, who was aware of the "source code" situation said, "someone said he will make all the [source code] data public soon."Another claims AS "laid off their employees and shut down," adding "My friend worked there."/7
One commenter said, "Starting to smell like foul play."Another, who was aware of the "source code" situation said, "someone said he will make all the [source code] data public soon."Another claims AS "laid off their employees and shut down," adding "My friend worked there."/7
I reviewed online profiles of multiple AllSocial employees to determine that, yes, some have indicated they stopped working there in Jun 2020 (others may still be or haven't yet updated their profiles).

There are reasons to be skeptical of the "source code" story, however... /8
As I revealed in my exclusive in Feb 2020, AllSocial presented itself as an alternative to other social media platforms like Facebook, but was concealing the fact that is was run by pro-Trump, Christian Dominionists aiming to take over America. /9 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1225487728948719617?s=19
I learned AllSocial was led by UiP's Ken Eldred and his associate Mark Weimer.

Eldred & Weimer also led Strategic Media 21, a targeted advertising firm utilized by an Eldred-funded, pro-Trump PAC that used *foreign* firms to survey its FB followers! /10 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1225488669345230856?s=19
The Heritage Foundation (a conservative think tank) & its publication The Daily Signal were "early adopters" of AllSocial's platform.

An AllSocial consultant even said on record "we have a revenue share program that we want to use to help" these orgs! /11 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1225491686400430091?s=19
When the consultant described how to add friends on AllSocial, he advised where to click and added "you can just go in there and if you give access to your friends..."

So, AllSocial not only had 1.6M users, but also "access" to their contacts! /12 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1225491877035728898?s=19
Also, 2015 FB emails indicated Eldred's/Weimer's SM21 was exploiting NationBuilder's "Social Matching" feature to link email addresses to FB profiles.

SM21 was "exerting a good deal of pressure" on an FB client "to take advantage of this appending." /13 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1225493430660452358?s=19
As was apparent to me in Feb--and still is now--my concern was that AllSocial was a sham...

"... I believe it's a pretense to extract your data for their own ends, similar to Eldred's UiP which leaked 191M voter records discovered by @VickerySec." /14 https://twitter.com/visionsurreal/status/1225493155052736513?s=19
In fact, when reviewing profiles of AllSocial employees, I noticed 1 even referred to it as "[f]ormerly Strategic Media 21, Inc.", the pro-Trump political advertising firm funded by Eldred & run by Weimer.

Other AllSocial employees also previously worked for SM21, curiously. /15
In fact, when reviewing profiles of AllSocial employees, I noticed 1 even referred to it as "[f]ormerly Strategic Media 21, Inc.", the pro-Trump political advertising firm funded by Eldred & run by Weimer.Other AllSocial employees also previously worked for SM21, curiously. /15
In fact, when reviewing profiles of AllSocial employees, I noticed 1 even referred to it as "[f]ormerly Strategic Media 21, Inc.", the pro-Trump political advertising firm funded by Eldred & run by Weimer.Other AllSocial employees also previously worked for SM21, curiously. /15
In fact, when reviewing profiles of AllSocial employees, I noticed 1 even referred to it as "[f]ormerly Strategic Media 21, Inc.", the pro-Trump political advertising firm funded by Eldred & run by Weimer.Other AllSocial employees also previously worked for SM21, curiously. /15
In fact, when reviewing profiles of AllSocial employees, I noticed 1 even referred to it as "[f]ormerly Strategic Media 21, Inc.", the pro-Trump political advertising firm funded by Eldred & run by Weimer.Other AllSocial employees also previously worked for SM21, curiously. /15
An AllSocial "Content Creator"  "[d]evelop[ed] social media posts (1 - 5 paragraphs in length) for influencer pages" and "each individual page is branded with a unique persona that consists of personalized aesthetics for images, and a specific/voice tone for written content." /16
An AllSocial "Content Creator"  "[d]evelop[ed] social media posts (1 - 5 paragraphs in length) for influencer pages" and "each individual page is branded with a unique persona that consists of personalized aesthetics for images, and a specific/voice tone for written content." /16
An AllSocial "Content Creator"  "[d]evelop[ed] social media posts (1 - 5 paragraphs in length) for influencer pages" and "each individual page is branded with a unique persona that consists of personalized aesthetics for images, and a specific/voice tone for written content." /16
An AllSocial "Content Creator"  "[d]evelop[ed] social media posts (1 - 5 paragraphs in length) for influencer pages" and "each individual page is branded with a unique persona that consists of personalized aesthetics for images, and a specific/voice tone for written content." /16
Synthetic. Inauthentic. A sham.

Thoughts that crossed my mind since Feb when I first analyzed AllSocial.

AllSocial suddenly & mysteriously shut down.

Now, 5 weeks later, we don't know why.

Someone claims to have their "source code."

What happened?

Where. Is. The. Data? /17x
@threader_app - please compile this noxious mystery of a thread.
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