Twitter issues

[dantesspirit]

Well, Twitter has thoroughly broken itself.

They appear to be labeling my account as automated or malicious/spam, as of last night, after they started with the tweet limits.

Can't post, can't reply, can't send DMs, can't even like posts.

I was able to pin the post containing links to other locations at the top of my feed, but that was it and that was a fight to do as well.

So looks like Twitter is officially done for me, whether I like it or not.

Comments

[weaverbird]

I hearing the rate-limit thing is basically to cover up a monumental software screw-up they made. Allegedly they DDOSed themselves. Biggest self-own ever. Read more here: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/3452917

I've been rate-limited on and off all weekend, and I have sent a grand total something like 2K tweets since I joined in 2009 or 2010, so it's not that I'm spamming the site.

[dantesspirit]

Yeah, apparently Musk refused to pay a bill and didn't get stuff moved over in time. The man is such a child.

20-30k tweets since 2007, so yeah, not like I spam it either.

[weaverbird]

Anyone still claiming he's some kind of genius is not in touch with reality (or has an agenda).

I'm on Mastodon, which I like. Also considering BlueSky Social, because some folks I admire are over there and I don't want to lose them. Hearing BlueSky is problematic, tho. Will read up when I get the chance.

[dantesspirit]

I'm on Mastodon, same name as Twitter. (And Pillowfort and CoHost, though i don't use them regularly).

Bluesky is owned by Jack, creator of Twitter fame. I won't go there because he is problematic himself and I can't trust that he won't sell it to yet another billionaire that'll run it into the ground.

There's another one, run by a Christopher Bouzy, that is also problematic. Won't go there either.

[weaverbird]

Yep, I follow you on Mastodon and Pillowfort. :)

Jack is definitely problematic (as in: appears batshit crazy to me) and yeah, he's bound to sell out again at some point. But OTOH, if it's the only way I can keep reading people like John Rogers and Amy Berg, then I'll probably sign up for as long as it lasts. I mostly read and lurk on any of the platforms, so it's not a big time investment for me, and low risk. If I, like you, needed it to promote my stuff, that'd be way different.