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>but when it finally arrived it was a very very large amount of money for heavily restricted API access. I'm glad to see that X has taken this route, and I loo
by shiroiuma 3y ago
>but when it finally arrived it was a very very large amount of money for heavily restricted API access.
I'm glad to see that X has taken this route, and I look forward to seeing the fruits of their ingenious business acumen. I hope they raise their prices even more.
- threeseed 3y agoRaising their prices even more won't make a difference. It's already too expensive which is why all the useful integrations have dropped off the platform.
- krmboya 3y agoBot activity had been an issue on the platform for years. Perhaps they've decided to cut off all bots so that only humans are left there
- ThatPlayer 3y agoProblem bots don't use the provided API. Also if that was the goal, they'd disable the API altogether.
- naet 3y agoThe bot problem has not even slightly been solved by charging for API access, while lots of real value drivers have left the platform. I have tons of crypto and NFT bot spam waiting for me every time I log back in.
- 542458 3y agoTo be clear, this isn’t Cambridge Analytica or spammer stuff. This was about publishing low-volume high-value content, and we didn’t have any sort of data gathering or analytics features.