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Even if Twitter loads 20 tweets, it doesn't mean you've read 20 tweets. This is not semantics, as tweet impressions are a separate metric Twitter tracks and wo
by minimaxir 3y ago
Even if Twitter loads 20 tweets, it doesn't mean you've read 20 tweets.
This is not semantics, as tweet impressions are a separate metric Twitter tracks and would more intuitively represent reads.
Unless Twitter engineering did some malicious compliance for Elon.
- filleduchaos 3y agoPersonally I wouldn't assume that the app that's been demonstrated to count "views" in extremely sketchy ways has suddenly started caring about the distinction between loading and reading a post. Especially when the intent is pretty obviously to herd users towards subscribing.
- minimaxir 3y agoFair counterpoint: Tweet views are a vanity metric (which is why Elon likes them), but tweet impressions are a required metric for advertisers to track ad CTR and any shenanigans there will actually kill Twitter.
- rideontime 3y agoIf the point is to stop scrapers, they would _have_ to use “tweets fetched” as the metric.
- ncallaway 3y agoThe bullshit reason given for this was to “prevent bots and scrapers”, so I strongly suspect they’d be using API responses, rather than impressions. Especially so considering how quickly some people are reporting the rate limiting impacts them