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It's amazing how they managed to spin rate limits as anti-spam features. Also, no mention of crippling twitter for non-logged in users.
by omoikane 3y ago
It's amazing how they managed to spin rate limits as anti-spam features. Also, no mention of crippling twitter for non-logged in users.
- distortionfield 3y agoRate limits are a valid mitigation strategy for bot spam. But I’ll agree, Crippling twitter for lurkers sucked.
- andsoitis 3y ago> spin rate limits as anti-spam features Rate limiting is literally a way to reduce bot attacks, which is a key tool in spamming campaigns. https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-rate-limiting/ https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-rate-limiti...
- omoikane 3y agoThat is true of course, although I would think most competent rate limit implementations would set thresholds that deter bots while real users barely notice, unlike what was observed with twitter. Coincidentally, higher rate limits were a paid option. Spam might not have been the primary motivation for rate limits. Elon Musk said it was due to "data scraping and system manipulation": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552324