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When I used twitter a decade ago, I used TweetDeck, which used the API to post to twitter for me. So that would label me as a Bot just because I like a better U
by sbf501 4y ago
When I used twitter a decade ago, I used TweetDeck, which used the API to post to twitter for me. So that would label me as a Bot just because I like a better UX/UI.
- KMnO4 4y agoThat’s a trivial problem to solve.
- i_see_things 4y ago
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- 101011 4y agoSo trivial that nobody has ever solved it at scale. If there's a flow that a human can go through to oauth with an application, then there's a way to bypass that same flow through a bot.
- andrepd 4y agoHow is that not a problem for the official interface then?
- pasquinelli 4y agowell, it is. so the problem is the quest to get rid of bots.
- kshacker 4y agoLet me solve it as a technical person. Whether management wants it or not is not my forte. You want an API because other apps are better. Let those apps partner with Twitter to allow only humans and not a second order API. If they do that, they get kicked out faster than Fortnite got kicked out. Both Twitter and the API user need to own the relationship and guarantee its sanctity so it will likely require an investment bigger than $99 to be paid by the API user (app) to Twitter. So you will not have infinite API apps, just a few of them, those who can pay the cost of providing and validating the API.
- dmitriid 4y ago> You want an API because other apps are better. Let those apps partner with Twitter to allow only humans and not a second order API I want to write a blog engine that posts a summary and a link to my twitter timeline automatically. Do I have to "partner with Twitter"? How will that look?
- frant-hartm 4y agoNo problem with such account being marked as Bot, right?
- altdataseller 4y agoTwitter owns TweetDeck now, so that wouldnt be the case today