LOL this is not how you deal with "data scraping," this is how you deal with a catastrophic loss of system capacity.

You limit data scraping by blocking things a human user couldn't do, like access a thousand posts a minute. This is aimed directly at reducing normal activity across the whole system.

@maxkennerly it’s more likely Elon refuse to pay cloud services and using limit as an excuse.
@denisewu @maxkennerly you might be right
@joxean @maxkennerly it’s was reported that Linda Yaccarino sorted it out, but I suspect Elmo backed out since it’s the 1st today.