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This statement also carries so many implications. Is the Twitter database public? Can I also download from the Twitter database? Has Twitter now had a data leak
by angulardragon03 4y ago
This statement also carries so many implications. Is the Twitter database public? Can I also download from the Twitter database? Has Twitter now had a data leak? Does Substack just use a single IP that Twitter has... blocked?
- surrealize 4y agoIf you're making a twitter clone (as Substack is) then scraping the twitter follower graph seems useful. And that's public, obviously.
- bigbillheck 4y ago> seems useful How so?
- Retr0id 4y agoHelp users port over their own social graphs, and assist recommendations.
- medler 4y agoSubstack’s CEO has denied any improper use of the Twitter APIs. Given Elon’s long and storied history of making things up, this allegation seems likely to be another fabulation.
- surrealize 4y agoWell, is scraping Twitter an improper use? Anyone can see tweets and who follows who - that's public. Twitter might consider a nascent competitor trying to scrape a significant fraction of the whole thing unfriendly though.
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- VWWHFSfQ 4y agoProbably using the oauth tokens they get from substack users that connect their twitter to spider and download the API. Cambridge Analytica-style.
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- belltaco 4y agoIt's obviously referring to scraping. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/LinkedIn-Wins-Latest-Court-Battle-Against-Data-Scraping/635938/ https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/LinkedIn-Wins-Latest-C...