New access tiers for the Twitter API

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13 points·NelsonMinar··9 comments

> we recommend that you migrate to the new tiers as soon as possible for a smooth transition

Considering I've been waiting for v2 approval since, IIRC, March 2021, I'm not holding out much hope they'll sort out v2 access for the 4 accounts I use in the next 30 days. I guess I'll just tweet out that the bots are going dark because of this and point to the mastodon versions...

Kinda odd to let someone post 50,000 tweets, but only read (see) 10,000 tweets...

On a platform with a spam problem, you'd imagine you'd be stricter about who can tweet...

IMHO Twitter wants to make sure content does not easily leave their platform, thus the stricter rate limits on reading.

The big picture is the complete ending of the v1.1 API and significantly changing quotas. The new limits seem designed to make it hard to read tweets via the API but relatively easier to post tweets.

The free tier looks great to me. Lets you make little personal use bots and joke automations.

And if you want something for a wider audience, you have to charge your users.

Wow. I clicked the link and then stubbed my toe shortly after. I guess this is the twitter elon wants huh…

That's hilarious. Who could have guessed laying off the entire Toe-Stubbing Prevention Team could have consequences? At this point, I'm increasingly of the opinion that the only rational explanation is that he wants to destroy Twitter.

why? who uses twitter?? seriously. the best thing that happened was I don't go there nearly as much now....and didn't really before either. but less links and none of the previews keep me off the site.

The bird is freed, but the UX evidently is not.

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