And now dead again, along with some old unused API keys, which proves that this was intentional and we and others were specifically targeted.
I wouldn't have swapped out the keys in the first place if there was even a shred of communication. Figured if nothing else this would push the issue.
Oh well, on to smaller but greener pastures.
@niko as far as I understand, it lets you set up a server on your own domain to follow any Twitter account on Mastodon. You can test it out on some birdsitelive servers already out there, see https://fedidb.org/software/birdsitelive
As an example, on Mastodon if you follow @[email protected] (replace ‘tapbots’ with any Twitter user name) it will show their new tweets here.
You can’t boost the posts here, and of course favs/replies don’t go to Twitter, but otherwise works pretty well so far for me.
@niko exactly. Not perfect but at least a partial workaround for now
I look forward to seeing what you come up with as a more functional bridge
@exkclamation @niko @tapbots I have to ask, does BSL work for you? I've tried various instances, but I don't get any tweets displayed in the bots (even for instances with saturation < 100%).
It should work like this: Find BSL instance, create bot with desired Twitter handle, follow bot, right?
Did I forget something?
@meNeither yes, but give it a few hours. Seems to me they make a pass of Twitter on a schedule (perhaps hourly?) and then send posts to Mastodon. So posts are usually delayed by a few hours.
When you first follow the account, no posts will show up and the account will look empty.
In my experience I don’t even need to specifically create a bot for it… I just type @[twitterusername]@[mastodon.instance] into the search box and click follow.
Hope that helps 😊
@meNeither perhaps you could test it out on a few very active twitter accounts to see? There is always the possibility that the BSL server you are using doesn't scrape Twitter as often?
But yes, in my experience if the accounts do show up in your profile's "following" tab, but just don't have any information yet I would give it a bit more time to see.
@meNeither one note, if you are using ivory: search for the user’s name+instance, but don’t tap the “search” button at the bottom, instead tap the “go to username…” 3rd row from the top… and then on that next user profile page tap the follow button. (Sometimes it takes a few second, or you can use the gear icon then follow)
If you are using the web it should pop up as a little person/plus symbol icon.
And the native Mastodon client I think shows the profil with a follow button?
@exkclamation Funny, I stumbled on this very thing. :) But I think I get it now.
I even follow myself on Twitter (for testing purposes).
If all fails, I'll set up my own BSL instance. But I think it's just a problem with my patience.
It's good to know that it generally works. Thanks again :)
@rosss that’s like a crossposter am I right? i’m already using one to sync my own standalone posts between both platforms, but i want my twitter timeline (containing tweets from all the people i follow on twitter) synced to mastodon, getting displayed as posts from one single account. this should look like this:
tweet @[email protected]:
hello this is a tweet i tweeted to twitter
if i interact with this tweet, it should redirect likes to the original tweet by @dieserniko on twitter 😵💫😂
@paul sad times. I miss it when there were services with open APIs and people were building well designed and thoughtfully crafted premium clients, and making a living. Everything nowadays is just about engagement, maximizing revenue and manipulating people to click ads.
If there’s a Patreon, I’ll happily be a backer. The world needs more delightful 🤖 apps
Nicer pastures.
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