chakoo Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Twitter now requires users to sign in to view tweets WWW.REUTERS.COM Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure". I’m sure this is going to go over well with advertisers. 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 Any advertiser that remains on that platform deserves whatever comes their way. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 The only advertisers that seem to be left are crypto scams, YouTube freaks and life coaches, and AI garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokra Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 14 hours ago, chakoo said: Twitter now requires users to sign in to view tweets WWW.REUTERS.COM Twitter will now require users to have an account on the social media platform to view tweets, a move that owner Elon Musk on Friday called a "temporary emergency measure". I’m sure this is going to go over well with advertisers. 😂 I noticed this already. I deleted my account but was linked to a tweet by a friend and couldn't view it. My reaction: An excellent way to kill your platform. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Supposedly due to "extreme levels of data scraping", unverified accounts are now limited to reading 600 Tweets per day. People have been predicting the site's death since last fall and it's doggedly kept moving until now, but I dunno, it might actually be cooked this time. Seems like an absurd restriction to put on unless you're not sure if you can keep the lights on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 24 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Supposedly due to "extreme levels of data scraping", unverified accounts are now limited to reading 600 Tweets per day. People have been predicting the site's death since last fall and it's doggedly kept moving until now, but I dunno, it might actually be cooked this time. Seems like an absurd restriction to put on unless you're not sure if you can keep the lights on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 LMAO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 When I can actually get the site to load, there's a lot of people speculating that the post limit is just a complete lie and the site is just totally busted, which I think is true because if I keep refreshing I'll intermittently get posts to load but then get "rate limit exceeded" the next time. OH, and apparently the contract for their Google Cloud servers expired yesterday, so that might explain it. LMAO 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just now, Ricofoley said: When I can actually get the site to load, there's a lot of people speculating that the post limit is just a complete lie and the site is just totally busted, which I think is true because if I keep refreshing I'll intermittently get posts to load but then get "rate limit exceeded" the next time. I still have unlimited viewing on the Android app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 He's really taking care of those bots he was complaining about BEFORE he bought the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, Jason said: I still have unlimited viewing on the Android app. lmao I jinxed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Apparently Instagram/Meta has launched their Threads app today on Play Store, the competitor to Twitter. EDIT - Apparently it was listed, but was since removed. Probably planning to launch in the coming days and they released too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Sounds like implementing the needing to log in feature may have inadvertently caused Twitter to start DDOSing itself. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just now, Jason said: Sounds like implementing the needing to log in feature may have inadvertently caused Twitter to start DDOSing itself. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Now he's saying the limits will soon go up to 8000, 800, and 400 respectively. The fact that he's already backpedaling shows he actually was that fucking stupid and thought this was a good change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just now, marioandsonic said: Now he's saying the limits will soon go up to 8000, 800, and 400 respectively. The fact that he's already backpedaling shows he actually was that fucking stupid and thought this was a good change. It's not a real change it's damage control for the self DDOSing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: When I can actually get the site to load, there's a lot of people speculating that the post limit is just a complete lie and the site is just totally busted, which I think is true because if I keep refreshing I'll intermittently get posts to load but then get "rate limit exceeded" the next time. OH, and apparently the contract for their Google Cloud servers expired yesterday, so that might explain it. LMAO I know Twitter was using a combination of AWS and Google Cloud and were looking to move out of Google Cloud, but are they actually also moving out of AWS? The only reason they moved stuff into AWS was specifically because Twitter couldn't expand their own datacenters fast enough to keep up with growing demand. It would be hilarious if all of this is because they can't dynamically grow in AWS anymore because Musk wants Twitter to move to using only their own datacenters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Elon Musk is the dumbest motherfucker on this entire planet. 1 2 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just now, CayceG said: Elon Musk is the dumbest motherfucker on this entire planet. I think I hear that at least once a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Apparently Instagram/Meta has launched their Threads app today on Play Store, the competitor to Twitter. EDIT - Apparently it was listed, but was since removed. Probably planning to launch in the coming days and they released too early. Instagram just likes to rip everyone off. They took reels now they are taking tweets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I just realized...a ton of emergency services use Twitter as the best place to relay important life saving information to the masses. The Canadian wildfire season is going strong and their parks department refers to Twitter as the best place to get live updates and news. There's also the rioting in France too, and police often use Twitter for Amber Alerts. ...People are literally going to die because of Elon's new Twitter restrictions. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 9 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: I think I hear that at least once a day. Just don’t hear it 400 times a day or the rest won’t load. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastletonSnob Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Who's dumber, Trump or Musk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just now, CastletonSnob said: Who's dumber, Trump or Musk? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 also apparently twitter was supposed to pay google $1B yesterday for services and they stiffed them so that may be fucking everything up too lol 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Nothing advertisers love more than limited reach. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 25 minutes ago, marioandsonic said: I just realized...a ton of emergency services use Twitter as the best place to relay important life saving information to the masses. The Canadian wildfire season is going strong and their parks department refers to Twitter as the best place to get live updates and news. There's also the rioting in France too, and police often use Twitter for Amber Alerts. ...People are literally going to die because of Elon's new Twitter restrictions. I hit my rate limit right before severe weather moved through. Some local meteorologists do warnings and notifications on twitter and it really fucked them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Live feed of Elon managing twitter: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepee Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, TUFKAK said: Nothing advertisers love more than limited reach. That’s because it’s not about advertisements, it’s about free speech - Some apoc persona, somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 cohost getting slammed again. Maybe someone will be my friend over there. 🥹 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Twitter blocks tweets and profiles from Google Search 9TO5GOOGLE.COM Twitter has blocked tweets and profiles from showing up in Google Search, drastically limiting the visibility of those pages. God this MF is so stupid. I look forward when this crashes and burns and people start asking other C-Suites who praised what Elon was doing about their stupid statement. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, chakoo said: Twitter blocks tweets and profiles from Google Search 9TO5GOOGLE.COM Twitter has blocked tweets and profiles from showing up in Google Search, drastically limiting the visibility of those pages. God this MF is so stupid. I look forward when this crashes and burns and people start asking other C-Suites who praised what Elon was doing about their stupid statement. Surely this will bring the advertisers rushing back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unogueen Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Fuck datacaps, we'll do it for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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