Mike Masnick ✅Jul 1, 2023
This is hilariously stupid. I mean, just painfully stupid. And, yes, it's real.
Show threadAaron Toponce ⚛️Jul 1, 2023

@mmasnick APIs were created as a more efficient way of getting to data versus web scraping. So when he killed API access, of course devs turned back to web scraping to get the data.

No doubt that created additional load on the servers, so he thinks limiting access to the data via requiring an account to view tweets and rate limiting web resources is a good solution.

But now he's just limited ad exposure. Aren't ads a large driver to revenue? So, yeah, this is tremendously stupid.

Show threadStephen Drennan
@atoponce @mmasnick
With this calibre of planning & decision making, I expect he’ll be announced as a UK Tory Minister soon. Certainly has a good enough ‘attack law & democracy’ points.
Jul 1, 2023 at 8:40pmWeb
Show threadmagneyJul 2, 2023
@AVO8OHM @atoponce @mmasnick He already switched to the US Republican Party right ahead of a sex scandal about him breaking, so he could claim it was politically motivated. If he ever decided to take his clown show to the UK, I'm sure he'd be a shoo-in for the Tories.