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> Twitter go boom Seems fine to me. Is this like the last 10 times twitter went "boom"?

by bakugo 3y ago

pessimizer 3y ago
It's a small boom, where anonymous and free API access have been cut off. Although I'm pretty sure you can't access or scrape Threads and bluesky anonymously and/or without cost either.
- dkh 3y ago
  Actually, one of the big points of contention right now over at bluesky is how easily anyone can easily anonymously scrape all its data. Behold, one of many available sites that broadcast the firehose: https://firesky.tv/ https://firesky.tv/ Currently the only thing that costs money at bluesky is using your own domain name but making them manage the DNS for this so you don't have to.
  - 3np 3y ago
    How is that a point of contention?
  - FreeTrade 3y ago
    Is the tree of who invited who public info too?
  - fullspectrumdev 3y ago
    That’s literally a feature (the firehose).
dkh 3y ago
> Seems fine to me. What did you do, go to the homepage for 20 seconds to make that in-depth assessment on something very widely-reported for nine straight months now as an ever-engulfing dumpster fire? It is not fine, take your pick: questionable leadership, wanton firings, bad policies, abuse/harassment, technical problems, legal trouble, fleeing advertisers
- tredre3 3y ago
  As a casual twitter user I've had no issues prior to last week. The throttling was the first thing that has impacted my experience since Musk took over. It seems like your own assessment of twitter comes from a very emotional place and not from personal experience using it.
  - dkh 3y ago
    It’s both, actually, so I’ll concede that. But I’m emotional about it because I’ve been a user for 16 years, it was the only social media I really used and got value out of, and that has completely changed for me as it has for countless others
  - threeseed 3y ago
    Or that some of us aren't casual users who are ignorant/indifferent to what is happening.

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> Twitter go boom Seems fine to me. Is this like the last 10 times twitter went "boom"?

by bakugo 3y ago

> Twitter go boom Seems fine to me. Is this like the last 10 times twitter went "boom"?

pessimizer 3y ago
It's a small boom, where anonymous and free API access have been cut off. Although I'm pretty sure you can't access or scrape Threads and bluesky anonymously and/or without cost either.
- dkh 3y ago
  Actually, one of the big points of contention right now over at bluesky is how easily anyone can easily anonymously scrape all its data. Behold, one of many available sites that broadcast the firehose: https://firesky.tv/ https://firesky.tv/ Currently the only thing that costs money at bluesky is using your own domain name but making them manage the DNS for this so you don't have to.
  - 3np 3y ago
    How is that a point of contention?
  - FreeTrade 3y ago
    Is the tree of who invited who public info too?
  - fullspectrumdev 3y ago
    That’s literally a feature (the firehose).
dkh 3y ago
> Seems fine to me. What did you do, go to the homepage for 20 seconds to make that in-depth assessment on something very widely-reported for nine straight months now as an ever-engulfing dumpster fire? It is not fine, take your pick: questionable leadership, wanton firings, bad policies, abuse/harassment, technical problems, legal trouble, fleeing advertisers
- tredre3 3y ago
  As a casual twitter user I've had no issues prior to last week. The throttling was the first thing that has impacted my experience since Musk took over. It seems like your own assessment of twitter comes from a very emotional place and not from personal experience using it.
  - dkh 3y ago
    It’s both, actually, so I’ll concede that. But I’m emotional about it because I’ve been a user for 16 years, it was the only social media I really used and got value out of, and that has completely changed for me as it has for countless others
  - threeseed 3y ago
    Or that some of us aren't casual users who are ignorant/indifferent to what is happening.