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$100/month strikes me as a “we don’t want you” price. I’m sure there’s someone out there who can justify it but it will immediately turn away a hell of a lot of

$100/month strikes me as a “we don’t want you” price. I’m sure there’s someone out there who can justify it but it will immediately turn away a hell of a lot of people. Maybe this was the point? Reduce API users to only the most motivated people/organizations and expect that many of them will grow into the next tier?

LapsangGuzzler 3y ago
Totally agree, this reads as "go enterprise or GTFO"
VWWHFSfQ 3y ago
I think they're probably just overwhelmed with bots, spammers, and "growth hackers". Growth hackers seem to always think they can seed their user base by aggressive following and spamming their links on every popular thread. They can still do that, but now they gotta pay 100 a month. I bet 90% of them disappear.
- chimeracoder 3y ago
  > I think they're probably just overwhelmed with bots, spammers, and "growth hackers". Growth hackers seem to a always think they can seed their user base by aggressive following and spamming their links on every popular thread. They can still do that, but now they gotta pay 100 a month. I bet 90% of them disappear. Maybe this will come as a surprise to you, but spammers aren't using the official API.
  - VWWHFSfQ 3y ago
    Yes, this does come as a surprise to me. Which API are they using?
    - tracker1 3y ago
      TBH, if it were me, I'd probably be using something like playwrite/puppeteer against a real instance of Chrome browser. I mean, you won't get the scale/throughput of the Enterprise API, but probably good enough with browser profiles to be able to mostly fool Twitter and do what you need/want. That said, the free tier is probably good enough if you're relaying posts/information for most legit users, and the $100/month tier probably isn't good enough for businesses centered around deep Twitter API usage. Probably a net positive for society overall. Aside: I'd rather pay $5-10/month for an ad free experience (there's so many of them now) than the blue checkmark and related features.
    - rsynnott 3y ago
      I'd assume the private API the phone apps use. Using the public API would rather be announcing "HELLO, I AM A BOT" in 6 foot tall neon letters.
UberFly 3y ago
Seems like there should be a few more tiers, but the posting rate one needs to require the $100 tier lends that the platform is becoming a core part of your business, etc. Maybe it'll slow some of the bot trolls. etc too.

LapsangGuzzler 3y ago

Totally agree, this reads as "go enterprise or GTFO"

VWWHFSfQ 3y ago

I think they're probably just overwhelmed with bots, spammers, and "growth hackers". Growth hackers seem to always think they can seed their user base by aggressive following and spamming their links on every popular thread. They can still do that, but now they gotta pay 100 a month. I bet 90% of them disappear.

chimeracoder 3y ago
> I think they're probably just overwhelmed with bots, spammers, and "growth hackers". Growth hackers seem to a always think they can seed their user base by aggressive following and spamming their links on every popular thread. They can still do that, but now they gotta pay 100 a month. I bet 90% of them disappear. Maybe this will come as a surprise to you, but spammers aren't using the official API.
- VWWHFSfQ 3y ago
  Yes, this does come as a surprise to me. Which API are they using?
  - tracker1 3y ago
    TBH, if it were me, I'd probably be using something like playwrite/puppeteer against a real instance of Chrome browser. I mean, you won't get the scale/throughput of the Enterprise API, but probably good enough with browser profiles to be able to mostly fool Twitter and do what you need/want. That said, the free tier is probably good enough if you're relaying posts/information for most legit users, and the $100/month tier probably isn't good enough for businesses centered around deep Twitter API usage. Probably a net positive for society overall. Aside: I'd rather pay $5-10/month for an ad free experience (there's so many of them now) than the blue checkmark and related features.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    I'd assume the private API the phone apps use. Using the public API would rather be announcing "HELLO, I AM A BOT" in 6 foot tall neon letters.

UberFly 3y ago

Seems like there should be a few more tiers, but the posting rate one needs to require the $100 tier lends that the platform is becoming a core part of your business, etc. Maybe it'll slow some of the bot trolls. etc too.