The Feed Reader BotAug 26, 2023
Dan Gillmor

So now the deadbird site, formerly known as Twitter, is inviting developers to come back and "build what's next" with the much abused API.

Twitter (and Reddit)'s greed-infused API restrictions wrecked a project we (ASU News Co/Lab) were doing to help journalists send corrections down the same social media pathways as the original journalism.

The idea that we'd ever work with them again is a sick joke.

Aug 25, 2023 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor they won't even let us use the API to scrape our own content. why the fuck would anybody that used to want to create anything with their API?
Show threadBenderIsGreat34Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor the “twitter dot com” in the ad is the icing on the cake.
Show thread#?.info Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor I do hope you replied with a poop emoji...
Show threadJim ParsonsAug 25, 2023

@dangillmor

Scaling up platform #enshitification is core to #Elmo + MBS / Hows-of-Saud mission of converting ALL #Twitter user data into #DataSet fuel to power their X brand private #AI services.

#SiliconValley
#BigTech
#AIBlitzkrieg
#Oligarchblitkrieg
#Surveillance
#Privacy
#NatSec
#Democracy

Show threadTheJenAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Goodwill is a real line item on a balance sheet...
Show threadJohn Bell 🇺🇦🇪🇺🔸🕷️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Aug 25, 2023
@JenWojcik @dangillmor was
Show threadJo - pièce de résistanceAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxNksTpg2b3g65iXjqFvxsNAF_SBq8W83-?feature=shared
✂️ dead parrot

15 seconds · Clipped by jo blakely · Original video "Monty Python Dead Parrot" by Cinematheia

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Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysAug 25, 2023
@JoBlakely @dangillmor a dead parrot has more life than the deadbird site
Show threadRichie EnamellerAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Is that Vivek Ramaswamy’s wife?
Show threadWick BeaversAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor @elonmusk is a MAGAT self enriching narcissist.
Show threadLothus MarqueAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Considering how they threw everyone who'd been developing for the API out at the drop of a hat, what makes them think anyone would come back and put more effort into the thing? I just don't get it.
I mean, I'm sure there will be a few. But they won't be the majority.
Show threadcohomology is FUN!Aug 26, 2023
@lothus @dangillmor probably just Musk stans
Show thread亖小姐Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor 哈哈哈哈哈，deadbird site, 是要笑死我吗....
Show threadkwantumAug 25, 2023

@Sixiaojie
@dangillmor

還不是嗎？不但只整個網台都毀了，而且符號從小鳥變成大交叉，慌怕人家沒發覺整個系統都沒了，還不是 dead bird site 嗎？

自討苦吃。Disgusting.

Show thread亖小姐Aug 25, 2023
@kwantum @dangillmor 就是说得太是了所以特别想笑啊...
Show threadDragon-sided DAug 25, 2023

@dangillmor
> "build what's next"

Anyone interested in doing that is over here actually doing it

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

#opensource

mastodon/mastodon

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - mastodon/mastodon

GitHub
Show threadTrillion ByterAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Can I build an API that sends a poop emoji to Elmo every time someone tweets?
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Elmo has no vision so none of this is long term. He will change his mind next week.
Show threadcowboybanjobiker 🤠🪕🚴Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Oh #ElonMusk has them wrapped around his finger. Most haven't even left.
Show threadvibhor 🍑 🏳️‍🌈Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor arent they charging now for the api ?.prices u cant afford for my pet project !
Show threadFahri Reza 🍉Aug 25, 2023

They shouldn't expect people will do it for free or that they have to pay for it, it's all about the Benjamins.

@dangillmor

Show threadLuna Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor To be honest, I find it hilarious now to watch X/Twitter (via other platforms) without being part of it anymore and tell myself "it's okay let the kids fight just stay out of it".
Show threadAnarchozionist/DatenproletAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor
Greed is still not a valid category of criticizing capitalism. It not a human trait to be greedy, but the force of competition under capitalism.
Show threadSibshopsAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor Don't developers have to pay just to use the API now?
Show threadA. RiveraAug 25, 2023

@dangillmor

Locally, when they cut off the API, one of our advanced classes here in the college doing a research project suddenly got disrupted and had to find other options. Not a good time for those students.

Eff that company and its owner.

Show threadDavid BremnerAug 25, 2023
@dangillmor I have to admit "this is an X-developer" has a nice ring to it.
Show threadKainoa  Aug 25, 2023
@dangillmor jeez, almost a million views and not even 200 likes
Show threadAndyAug 26, 2023
@dangillmor Their “hobbiest” pricing is still $100/mo. They want devs to pay *them* to build products.
It’s absurd.
Show threadNoah CookAug 26, 2023

@dangillmor A friend and former coworker of mine, a guy who's owned several businesses and taught me a lot of what I know about business, once explained to me why he was unwilling to even consider offers from someone who had publicly screwed over one of his other business partners:

Trust is like virginity. You get to lose it once.

Show threadChristopher SAug 26, 2023
@dangillmor Agreed. 💯 What a pathetic joke. Fortunately, and not surprisingly l, many mastodon accounts have come to fill the void of how my company was using 🐦 before. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼
Show threadTin Bee 🥫🐝Aug 26, 2023
@dangillmor
I'm not sure if anyone has actually looked into the limits. For $100 per month you can look at 10000 tweets, potentially less if any are retweets. I look at someone's timeline, maybe that's 100 tweets out of my quota. Think how quick you'd get through that. $5000 for the next tier. That's quite a lot! And you can't really test anything without paying as there are only about 3 endpoints on the 'free tier'
Show threadRichard AAug 26, 2023
@dangillmor As GwB once said: "Fool me once, ain't never going to be fooled again" or something to this effect. Musk will learn that breaking things is easy, but regaining people's goodwill is a real challenge.
Show threadThe Feed Reader BotAug 26, 2023
@dangillmor I've paid 100$ for the basic subscription, to be able to retrieve a user's followings, to find out that the endpoint had been disabled without notice (it's even still advertised in the basic plan description...)
Had to open a dispute with my payment card provider because twitter doesn't want to refund me... 😩
I will never try to use their API anymore...
Show threadWindypunditAug 26, 2023
@dangillmor After the way he cut off the old API with no warning? Why would anyone trust him enough to build a business on his product?