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Did Twitter pricing reduce it's bot spam?

• NicoJuicy 3y ago
  Basic = free: no read API anymore and only write. Even the 100$ tier has a 10 k. / Month read limit... Is it possible that they reduced botspam because of pricing?
  • uberman 3y ago
    If the goal was to reduce bots, then one would limit write access rather than read access. The limits are in place to force users into a twitter read experience where they can be monetized. It has nothing to do with bots.
    • NicoJuicy 3y ago
      That's totally different from what I was thinking. Propaganda bot spam replies to popular comments. Without read access it's not parsed easily. Write is required for syncing eg. Legit content ( eg. When a new blog post is created) - this is useful bot content and not "spam", since it's picked up by the algorithm/followers.