Mike Masnick ✅Jul 1, 2023
Please stop saying twitters troubles are about not paying the Google Cloud bill. They worked that.out earlier this week and supposedly paid. It's not that
Show threadMax KennerlyJul 1, 2023

@mmasnick Besides, the real answer is likely even *more* stupid than "didn't pay Google bill."

For example, Twitter found a way to DDoS itself, causing an infinite loop of requests prompted by their own blocking. https://waxy.org/2023/07/twitter-bug-causes-self-ddos-possibly-causing-elon-musks-emergency-blocks-and-rate-limits-its-amateur-hour/

Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits: "It's amateur hour" - Waxy.org

An "amateur hour" Javascript bug is self-DDOSing Twitter, sending infinite requests from users related to — or possibly even causing — Elon Musk's "temporary emergency measures" to stop web scraping.

Waxy.org
Show threadJohn DolbowJul 1, 2023

@maxkennerly @mmasnick

Hanlon’s razor is always a reasonable rule to apply in situations like this.

Show threademmasrandomthoughtsJul 1, 2023

@jdolbow @maxkennerly @mmasnick

What is Hanlon's Razor?

Show threadJohn Dolbow

@emmasrandomthoughts @maxkennerly @mmasnick

never attribute to malice what can more easily be explained by incompetence

Jul 1, 2023 at 11:28pmWeb
Show threademmasrandomthoughtsJul 1, 2023

@jdolbow @maxkennerly @mmasnick

So, so true.