Hello Tor!
Last month, we were out and about + working on copy for upcoming releases and our new site.
I joined Alison, David, George, and Matt at HOPE for the Onion Report: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/hope/videos/178158095
We had a booth the whole weekend and were cleaned out of shirts for donations in a few hours.
Matt and I (with help from gman and Yin) led a Tor session as part of the Computer Science for Cyber Security (CS4CS) Summer Program for High School Women. Another session with a new group is happening next week.
July in links and stats:
Blog posts https://blog.torproject.org/help-us-translate-our-new-support-portal https://blog.torproject.org/explore-tor-nyc-qa-isabela-bagueros https://blog.torproject.org/how-do-effective-and-impactful-tor-research https://blog.torproject.org/tors-open-research-topics-2018-edition https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-vanguards-add-onion-services https://blog.torproject.org/support-torservers https://blog.torproject.org/egypt-internet-censorship
Twitter https://twitter.com/torproject avg at least 3 tweets/weekday New followers: 994* *We lost between 2,000-3,000 followers in the Twitter purge[1]. We gained 944 more back this month than however many we lost (exact number unknown).
Top tweets https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1013859982876561408 https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1015311953596764160 https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1016712421044604929 https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1016307257771003904
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1016712421044604929
https//twitter.com/torproject/status/1015311953596764160Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@torproject at least 1 post/week New followers: 221
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/torproject/ at least 1 post/month New followers: 57
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/tor-project/ at least 1 post/week New followers: 59
Facebook https://www.facebookcorewwwi.onion/TorProject/ at least 1 post/weekday New followers: 178
Newsletter 1/month https://newsletter.torproject.org/archive/2018-07-31-research-tips-topics-eg...
Notable press https://www.techrepublic.com/article/5-ways-to-protect-your-privacy/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/domain-fronting-ban-letter-ron-wyden-marco-rubio-... https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjkjzm/what-went-wrong-at-the-hop...
[1] https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2018/07/12/technology/twitter-followers-n...
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-steph
On 8 August 2018 at 12:49, Stephanie A. Whited steph@torproject.org wrote:
We had a booth the whole weekend and were cleaned out of shirts for donations in a few hours.
How many shirts was that?
Oh wait I guess you're at defcon now. Have fun!
-tom
Tom Ritter:
On 8 August 2018 at 12:49, Stephanie A. Whited steph@torproject.org wrote:
We had a booth the whole weekend and were cleaned out of shirts for donations in a few hours.
How many shirts was that?
Oh wait I guess you're at defcon now. Have fun!
I know you've been to HOPE, Tom, but what became clear is that it's the type of event we can have a very large and significant presence at.
We only did one informal workshop (running a relay) which pulled in almost 15 people, and had a great discussion.
It goes without saying TPO has a lot of recognition, but the sky is the limit in terms of tshirts and swag we can distribute for donations. We *really* need to scout out more creative swag ideas, particularly smaller and more portable ones. Unless for the next HOPE we budget in a van and warehouse space for stephw :)
The table discussions varied greatly, with that larger community being accessible.. those we don't know personally or even on-list.
Of course we all got a bit side-tracked with the alt-right interventions...
g
On 8/10/18 1:43 PM, Tom Ritter wrote:
On 8 August 2018 at 12:49, Stephanie A. Whited steph@torproject.org wrote:
We had a booth the whole weekend and were cleaned out of shirts for donations in a few hours.
How many shirts was that?
Not sure exactly -- guessing about 60. I brought in a very large suitcase full + Isa brought some leftovers she had the next day (which we went through, too). We also got some donations without gifts + offered posters for a $10 donation.
Oh wait I guess you're at defcon now. Have fun!
Back! Thanks :) -Steph
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