Ad revenue must be down bad.
Twitter Dev @TwitterDev
Feb 2
Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 🧵
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my guess is it’s more about raising the friction to make bots
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Yeah, free API is being abused badly right now by bot scammers & opinion manipulators. There’s no verification process or cost, so easy to spin up 100k bots to do bad things. Just ~$100/month for API access with ID verification will clean things up greatly.
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Replying to @elonmusk @ericnakagawa
seems like the replies are some combination of a few valid concerns alongside many hyperbolic hate boners 🤪 but that seems to be par for the course for people reacting to every change 😭 parsing through the noise is annoying

Feb 2, 2023 · 11:19 PM UTC

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Replying to @BillyM2k @elonmusk @ericnakagawa
Issue for me is academic access. If people can prove their credentials (through university email and/or ID), it would seem prudent to keep it free. No?
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could the university pay for access? isn’t there usually grants for research?
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Replying to @BillyM2k @ericnakagawa
@elonmusk may have bitten off more than he can chew after installing that new sink 😁🤣. I do truly hope the situation gets corrected sir 🫡
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Good to see that the tiger that Elon flicked its balls last year, is doing well.
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Replying to @BillyM2k @ericnakagawa
Yuh, that is par for the course
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Hey Elon when are you free to chat about the Twitter acquisition
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Replying to @BillyM2k @elonmusk @ericnakagawa
He’s charging 100 per month for a service that used to be free and it’s not even gonna do anything
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Charging gets rid of spammers and bots.
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Replying to @BillyM2k @elonmusk @ericnakagawa
No matter how you slice it, 7 day notice with no pricing info is not cool
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Replying to @BillyM2k @elonmusk @ericnakagawa
Easily avoided if Elon/Twitter provided details around the changes being made. Today's creator/ad revenue thing being a prime example. People just want to know how things are going to work.
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