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liofmr Jul 2, 2023

So I had a really fun day writing up about Twitter trying to DDOS itself. I didn't expect it to blow up the way it did here, but even more amusing is that someone took a screenshot of that post and cross-posted it to Twitter and now that post is blowing up on Twitter too!

Poor Twitter. Can't catch a break. It's down and even the holdouts want their turn to give it a good kick.

Update: I have to add a screenshot of that screenshot because someone just reminded me that most people can't view the tweet unless they have a Twitter account to login to. It's ironic of me to forget because that's how today's circus got started.

It also shows how a seemingly innocent change like this can snowball into an avalanche of unintended consequences.

Anyway, 4500 retweets later and the party continues.

#selfDDOS #TwitterDown

https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1675217212951461890

Stella C 🇨🇦Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 Funny!

Andres Jalinton Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408
I'm having a great day, I saw your post before the Felon Musk tweet and it made so much sense.
What a great Saturday, thank you!

Angelica Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 I'm so proud of sharing screenshots of your posts! As we couldn't use Twitter the old way, we started sharing via DMs 😋

pettybooshwah Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 Gosh, I love the fact that when a user shares a #Twiiter URL, all non-accountholders just get bounced to the ‘Explore’ page...where they can explore indefinitely (much more than 300, 600, etc) and enjoy all embedded media while mining for links leading out of Twitter.

Sheldon Jul 1, 2023

@pettybooshwah bah! I forgot they did that... which is exactly how this whole circus got started.

How very meta of me to forget.

pettybooshwah Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 'Explore' was recently tucked in behind the login interstitial, which was also standing in between any click-throughs to Twitter from another site.

As it's working now, Me, non-accountholder, gets an error when clicking through to view a tweet, but then a sidebar link to “free ‘Explore' page all day long!”

i.e. it ain't a feature it's a bug, and it's hilarious.

pettybooshwah Jul 4, 2023

@sysop408 They “fixed" the limitless free exploration. The bottom end of the feed no longer appends perpetually.

As if anyone cares.

robotman Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 You my friend a a true legend. Excellent write up.

Babs 💙🐝⌛️🦋🔻Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 was it me? I couldn't stop laughing. So funny! 😂

Randy Jul 1, 2023

@sysop408 hopefully all the blucheck magas are demanding their money back from their hero 😂😂😂

Degrowth or Extinction Jul 2, 2023

@sysop408 and i found an easy way to read #twitter without any account...

https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?id=1675217212951461890

and timelines:
https://syndication.twitter.com/srv/timeline-profile/screen-name/Esqueer_

#twitter #TwitterLikeRomeBurning tterDown

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The Real OgBallaz Jul 2, 2023

@ecosurrealism @sysop408 Twitter comes tumbling down like dominoes

Shampoo Jul 2, 2023

@ecosurrealism @sysop408 Also it can be archived as well. The format is the same and is easy to see. Both on archive today and wayback.

nadin brzezinski Jul 2, 2023

@sysop408 @adamjcook who, me? Nah could be several of us

Sue Strong Jul 2, 2023

@sysop408 a friend there shared a screenshot of your write up. Kudos! Since then, I found this article which credits you with the find. Appreciate people that know their way around the code. Apparently Elon doesn’t. He should let experienced software engineers handle it.

Lesson to businesses relying on Twitter for anything - Don’t!

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