hmm
― lag∞n, Saturday, 4 February 2023 16:41 (one year ago) link
I'm not convinced that yanking the auth is sufficient to keep them from noticing it's not the twitter client, but running all the app requests through a proxy and investigating if they're doing any header/metadata tricks would make it harder to track imo
― mh, Saturday, 4 February 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
Also those are from 7 years ago
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 4 February 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
yeah they've been cycled since then (and some of those clients no longer exist), but the keys are out there. actual bots (as in spam bots) use the official creds. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/65647.html. if you want a bot you can have a bot.
that said, why bother at this point.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 5 February 2023 00:22 (one year ago) link
extremely true
excellent point. imagine Chinese spy balloon-gate with an actual fully functioning twitterinstead im getting bits and pieces and have to mostly rely on going to actual news websites (gasp)what a disappointment https://t.co/PB2vKVDxIJ— rat king 🐀 (@MikeIsaac) February 4, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 5 February 2023 00:24 (one year ago) link
were back baby
Responding to feedback, Twitter will enable a light, write-only API for bots providing good content that is free— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2023
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2023 02:40 (one year ago) link
Elon and the Good Bots
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 6 February 2023 03:25 (one year ago) link
interesting to me because I personally love good content that is free
― Clay, Monday, 6 February 2023 03:44 (one year ago) link
did twitter embeds die? lol
― 龜, Monday, 6 February 2023 03:47 (one year ago) link
only the not-good ones
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Monday, 6 February 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
To celebrate Musk stopping free API usage, we've created a block list of all paid Blue subs. All 268K of them, currently 225K on the list. We intend to go out blocking everyone who pays to get their content promoted in searches and replies! #BlockTheBlue https://t.co/AnhuvwAQR2— BlockTheBlue (@BlockTheBlue) February 4, 2023
1. good idea2. 270k is $25m/year
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 6 February 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
snapchat just passed 2M paid subscribers out of 375M daus… not really much of a revenue stream tbqh
― 龜, Monday, 6 February 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
what does paying for snapchat get you
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2023 19:31 (one year ago) link
nft filtersi just made that up but it probably exists
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 February 2023 19:42 (one year ago) link
A Snapchat Plus subscription gives users early and exclusive access to features for $3.99 a month, including changing the app icon and seeing who rewatched your story. In July, the company rolled out Snapchat for desktop to subscribers — the first major feature for paid users.
Snapchat is also introducing a new set of features today for its more than 1 million Plus subscribers. Among the updates is priority story replies, which makes Plus subscribers’ responses more visible when replying to Snap Stars (public figures and other creators with a verified Snapchat presence).
Other features are cosmetic, like special backgrounds for users’ Bitmoji characters and new app icon designs. Subscribers will also be able to add an emoji that displays to friends after they’ve viewed a Snap.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/15/23306268/snapchat-plus-subscription-one-million-users-new-features
― lag∞n, Monday, 6 February 2023 19:45 (one year ago) link
no lootcrates no cred
― mh, Monday, 6 February 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
just unbelievably bullshit “features” that only a tiny handful of power users will give a shit aboutand then those power users will turn like, 19 and move on to something else
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 February 2023 20:00 (one year ago) link
i will never give up my bitmoji character
― mark s, Monday, 6 February 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
Related, from Ed Zitronhttps://ez.substack.com/p/techs-elite-hates-labor
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 6 February 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
Where’s your fucking expose on this, Taibbi? (Are they still doing those? I got bored after the first thread.)
At House hearing now, Twitter attorney testified that they were told the Trump WH demanded Twitter take down this tweet from @chrissyteigen in 2019. Twitter didn't. (She responded to a Trump tweet calling her "filthy- mouthed".) https://t.co/c0ivCEo0Oy— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) February 8, 2023
― here you go, muttonchops Yaz (gyac), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
i think they are still doing them lol
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:58 (one year ago) link
The only thing they really uncovered was that the FBI was spending a lot of its time reporting satirical tweets to Twitter. But that stuff was buried under so much other junk it never made any impact.
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
"The hearing is temporarily in recess after the lights went out and WiFi stopped working, delaying a line of questioning about Twitter’s handling of content related to Iran."
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 17:59 (one year ago) link
LOL pic.twitter.com/nFZKlDvpzI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 8, 2023
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 18:04 (one year ago) link
"To your point that we are not allowed to round up and shoot people who vote for Democrats because of the 'Constitution' OK, maybe so ..."
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
“you are over the daily limit for sending tweets”
dude ive sent six and that was nine hours ago, let me tweet abt POLTERGEIST (1982)
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:54 (one year ago) link
Oh man I just came here to say I just got that message too
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:56 (one year ago) link
(I was retweeting a thing about John Williams)
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
Getting the same message: exciting new software failure, or exciting new Elon-implemented feature whereby only Blue subscribers can tweet more than 5 times a day?
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
Chilling anti Spielberg agenda looks like
― piedro àlamodevar (wins), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
just did a test and got it too gotta be a bug
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:58 (one year ago) link
Concerning
― piedro àlamodevar (wins), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:58 (one year ago) link
You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.
i have not tweeted since late january
― Clay, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
your tweets suck its time to be quiet now
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:03 (one year ago) link
This new "if you pay, you can post 4000-character tweets" thing is just mind-bogglingly stupid. Like, how much would you be willing to pay to demonstrate your fundamental misunderstanding of the platform you're on?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:03 (one year ago) link
Can't even like things now. Fucken useless website.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
things don't need to be liked
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
I Like Everything
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link
they post if you schedule them
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
sheesh what do you know "The Twitter Files" apparently omitted the fact that Trump was constantly asking them to take things down and that Twitter themselves kept changing their own policies so Trump wouldn't be found in violation. where's Taibbi on this????
― frogbs, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
they have given the twitter files over to Michael Shellenberger who continues to try to be someone of importance
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
Saw a rumor that Twitter had cut off its own API access, which would be fantastic.
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
The fact that scheduled tweets *do* work supports the rumor.
― what have I done to deserve you (lukas), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:31 (one year ago) link
i told them not to disconnect that mac mini labeled "API" in the closet
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:45 (one year ago) link
how much would you be willing to pay to demonstrate your fundamental misunderstanding of the platform you're on?
So far Musk has paid most of his money and all of his dignity, so...
― his cartoon heart expands, then he relaxes by smoking crack (stevie), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:46 (one year ago) link
and we're back
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
please tape everything down
SCOOP: Elon has emailed staff following the Twitter outage.“Please pause for now on new feature development in favor of maximizing system stability and robustness, especially with the Super Bowl coming up.”— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) February 8, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 23:12 (one year ago) link
i have emailed them to carry on fucking stuff up
― mark s, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 23:14 (one year ago) link
He sent a follow up email. “We should also pause on transitioning away from Sacramento, consolidating Atlanta and reducing GCP usage until at least next week.”— Kylie Robison (@kyliebytes) February 8, 2023
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 23:14 (one year ago) link
Lmao I’m not allowed to follow any more people, I’ve reached my limit of 323 accounts.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 23:42 (one year ago) link