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RIP to the Best Bots on Twitter

8 points by graeme 4y ago

JdeBP 4y ago
Another datum: The person behind the robot that posts a picture of a possum every hour to Twitter has said: "Hi All, I regret to announce you all that this bot will stop working on 9th of February (Next week) due to new Twitter's API policy. I have no intention on paying Twitter for basic API usage." "You can continue to follow the bot on Mastodon: https://botsin.space/@possumeveryhour https://botsin.space/@possumeveryhour " Recent events, including the freezing of API-accessed Twitter accounts in Japan that Anglophone news services didn't catch, and the disabling of Movetodon about half a day later, indicate that things will be happening sooner than the 9th. * https://mastodonapp.uk/@networker_365/109799045552029402 https://mastodonapp.uk/@networker_365/109799045552029402
graeme 4y ago
Musk says: > Yeah, free API is being abused badly right now by bot scammers & opinion manipulators. There’s no verification process or cost, so easy to spin up 100k bots to do bad things. >Just ~$100/month for API access with ID verification will clean things up greatly. If eliminating spam bots is the goal, a fairly nominal fee would likely suffice. $50/yr? That would be $5 million for the 100K spam bots. $1200 per year or more is punitive
rvz 4y ago
A way to reduce bots that is sustainable for Twitter is to make the API limited and paid. Clearly it is working and the free-loader bots are now crying; and they should cry and just pay for it. Just like there are little to no bots on Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest. Bot problem solved and job done.
- graeme 4y ago
  The bot makers complaining bring real value to twitter. Twitter loses if they make it so expensive that no one makes bots. Fee to stop spammers <<<<<< fee contemplated now
- detaro 4y ago
  At least Instagram is still full of the kind of "bots" people complain about - while having almost none of the good kind of bots discussed here.
KingLancelot 4y ago
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8 points by graeme 4y ago

Another datum: The person behind the robot that posts a picture of a possum every hour to Twitter has said: "Hi All, I regret to announce you all that this bot will stop working on 9th of February (Next week) due to new Twitter's API policy. I have no intention on paying Twitter for basic API usage." "You can continue to follow the bot on Mastodon: https://botsin.space/@possumeveryhour https://botsin.space/@possumeveryhour " Recent events, including the freezing of API-accessed Twitter accounts in Japan that Anglophone news services didn't catch, and the disabling of Movetodon about half a day later, indicate that things will be happening sooner than the 9th. * https://mastodonapp.uk/@networker_365/109799045552029402 https://mastodonapp.uk/@networker_365/109799045552029402

graeme 4y ago

Musk says: > Yeah, free API is being abused badly right now by bot scammers & opinion manipulators. There’s no verification process or cost, so easy to spin up 100k bots to do bad things. >Just ~$100/month for API access with ID verification will clean things up greatly. If eliminating spam bots is the goal, a fairly nominal fee would likely suffice. $50/yr? That would be $5 million for the 100K spam bots. $1200 per year or more is punitive

rvz 4y ago

A way to reduce bots that is sustainable for Twitter is to make the API limited and paid. Clearly it is working and the free-loader bots are now crying; and they should cry and just pay for it. Just like there are little to no bots on Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest. Bot problem solved and job done.

graeme 4y ago
The bot makers complaining bring real value to twitter. Twitter loses if they make it so expensive that no one makes bots. Fee to stop spammers <<<<<< fee contemplated now
detaro 4y ago
At least Instagram is still full of the kind of "bots" people complain about - while having almost none of the good kind of bots discussed here.

KingLancelot 4y ago

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