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API reads/writes don’t generate ad impressions. It’s really that simple. All the bot nonsense is rhetoric.

by snake_doc 4y ago

madeofpalk 4y ago
I think they do. One person writes to the API to post content two other people will see + view ads against.
- rvnx 4y ago
  Though a lot of the API usage is for content scraping, analytics and surveillance ("we are monitoring the internet for you")
  - majewsky 4y ago
    You're sounding very confident, so I'm guessing you have a source for that claim? Besides, even if 90% of the API usage is for scraping and does not impact the bottomline, it's still a smart business decision to leave the API open if the remaining 10% are for posting content that brings in views and thus ad impressions that generate more money than the API costs to run.
    - rvnx 4y ago
      It's the main usage described in the "Twitter Files" (internal docs of Twitter which were openly leaked on Twitter).
  - numpad0 4y ago
    That shouldn't be possible, API request limits for 3rd party keys were greatly reduced in 2018 to less than what is available for 1st party clients. Extracted 1st party keys or Web scraping would be used for that purpose.
voytec 4y ago
API calls just grabbing data may not generate impressions but people follow bots that utilize this API and (some) bot-generated content generates interactions: likes, shares, comments. Twitter may be heading closer towards becoming a ghost town.
- brookst 4y ago
  Yep. Tearing down the ecosystem to support the product. Whether it’s Elon or someone else, this shows a total lack of understanding of what made Twitter ubiquitous.
  - eecc 4y ago
    What ecosystem? I might be dim or out of touch but I’ve never seen anything related to Twitter outside of the app itself.
    - nirvgorilla 4y ago
      It's not an app it's a website. What's with these cell phone people calling everything APPS? Hi. They're WEBSITES. Just because you might use a stupid cell phone app to access the stupid website doesn't mean it's no longer a website. Use the right words and stop recording video vertically. I hate all of you cell phone people.
      - Uyuxo 4y ago
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      - JeremyBanks 4y ago
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      - froggit 4y ago
        > Use the right words and stop recording video vertically. I hate all of you cell phone people. Wouldn't the right words be "smartphone people?"
matthew-wegner 4y ago
API writes absolutely generate ad impressions.

API reads/writes don’t generate ad impressions. It’s really that simple. All the bot nonsense is rhetoric.

madeofpalk 4y ago

I think they do. One person writes to the API to post content two other people will see + view ads against.

rvnx 4y ago
Though a lot of the API usage is for content scraping, analytics and surveillance ("we are monitoring the internet for you")
- majewsky 4y ago
  You're sounding very confident, so I'm guessing you have a source for that claim? Besides, even if 90% of the API usage is for scraping and does not impact the bottomline, it's still a smart business decision to leave the API open if the remaining 10% are for posting content that brings in views and thus ad impressions that generate more money than the API costs to run.
  - rvnx 4y ago
    It's the main usage described in the "Twitter Files" (internal docs of Twitter which were openly leaked on Twitter).
- numpad0 4y ago
  That shouldn't be possible, API request limits for 3rd party keys were greatly reduced in 2018 to less than what is available for 1st party clients. Extracted 1st party keys or Web scraping would be used for that purpose.

voytec 4y ago

API calls just grabbing data may not generate impressions but people follow bots that utilize this API and (some) bot-generated content generates interactions: likes, shares, comments. Twitter may be heading closer towards becoming a ghost town.

brookst 4y ago
Yep. Tearing down the ecosystem to support the product. Whether it’s Elon or someone else, this shows a total lack of understanding of what made Twitter ubiquitous.
- eecc 4y ago
  What ecosystem? I might be dim or out of touch but I’ve never seen anything related to Twitter outside of the app itself.
  - nirvgorilla 4y ago
    It's not an app it's a website. What's with these cell phone people calling everything APPS? Hi. They're WEBSITES. Just because you might use a stupid cell phone app to access the stupid website doesn't mean it's no longer a website. Use the right words and stop recording video vertically. I hate all of you cell phone people.
    - Uyuxo 4y ago
      [dead]
    - JeremyBanks 4y ago
      [dead]
    - froggit 4y ago
      > Use the right words and stop recording video vertically. I hate all of you cell phone people. Wouldn't the right words be "smartphone people?"

matthew-wegner 4y ago

API writes absolutely generate ad impressions.