Social Media Companies: Tell it to Earth

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How much longer is Twitter going to last?
	A few weeks
	A few months
	A few years
	About as long as the rest of humanity

Discendo Vox: Mar 21, 2013; This does not make sense when, again, aggregate indicia also indicate improvements. The belief that things are worse is false. It remains false.

Any ramifications for SA embedding?

# ? Feb 2, 2023 22:55

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 12:06

Epic High Five: Jun 5, 2004

Gonna be a real Worst Person You Know moment for me if it breaks Twitter embeds here, something I've wanted for a very long time. I don't think anybody can know for sure until actual details come out - there's a bunch of different things he could be talking about and I'd bet my life savings on him not actually knowing it's actually complicated at all.

I'm no web guy but I've heard devs who are talk about different tiers of API and prices already existing, including potentially more than 1 free one. Basically everybody who interacts with the platform beyond just casual timeline scrolling uses a third party option tho so the chances that this ends up being spectacularly stupid are very high.

# ? Feb 2, 2023 23:06

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

haveblue posted:

It's a shame he took the money from engineer salaries and not the metaverse department, then

Meanwhile, another major domino falls at Twitter:

https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1621026986784337922

"The Twitter API" is how bots and other automated tools use Twitter. This will severely impact all accounts that are not literally a human typing into the field and clicking post.

Yeah, goodbye to your daily cat and puppy pic accounts. Also all the source searching accounts.

Discendo Vox posted:

Any ramifications for SA embedding?

Possibly.

# ? Feb 2, 2023 23:20

Communist Zombie: Nov 1, 2011

I heard this also removes any of the 'login through twitter' that various places had if they didn't/won't pay for it.

# ? Feb 3, 2023 01:15

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

Dick Trauma posted:

https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1621206777202200579?s=20&t=GnrlfZOP6-d_yK7blS7CjQ

This is after it was also revealed that the Metaverse division of Facebook lost $12 BILLION last year

# ? Feb 3, 2023 02:53

Involuntary Sparkle: Aug 12, 2004; Chemo-kitties can have �accidents� too!

Young Freud posted:

Yeah, goodbye to your daily cat and puppy pic accounts. Also all the source searching accounts.

Possibly.

Ughhh. I follow a lot of bot/automated accounts for both fun and for public utility reasons. Seattle bridges being up or down is one of the most useful Twitter accounts. And I love the random stupidity of the gently caress Every Word account.

# ? Feb 3, 2023 03:59

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

A lot of the simpler ones can probably be faked with browser scripting, but the API was a faster and more efficient way to do it

# ? Feb 3, 2023 04:09

Noxville: Dec 7, 2003

Communist Zombie posted:

I heard this also removes any of the 'login through twitter' that various places had if they didn't/won't pay for it.

Which would be kind of hilarious in that single sign-on is essentially a way to make sure your users NEVER close their accounts since they need them to log into other services. I had to keep my Facebook account open for years past the point I wanted to close it purely because it was also my Spotify login. This change might force some legacy systems which have a large Twitter user base to pay, but it�s also going to mean it gets implemented on exactly zero new platforms going forward.

# ? Feb 3, 2023 09:03

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

Noxville posted:

Which would be kind of hilarious in that single sign-on is essentially a way to make sure your users NEVER close their accounts since they need them to log into other services. I had to keep my Facebook account open for years past the point I wanted to close it purely because it was also my Spotify login. This change might force some legacy systems which have a large Twitter user base to pay, but it�s also going to mean it gets implemented on exactly zero new platforms going forward.

And I thought Wizards of the Coast had the biggest 'guaranteed to piss off literally every one of your partners in the business likely permanently' corporate move just this year so far.

# ? Feb 3, 2023 10:21

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

It�s become a proper cycle now- Twitter announces a radically disruptive change, we all spend a few days thinking this is truly the end, then they backtrack in a hasty and confusing fashion and Twitter stumbles along for a few more months.

quote:

Elon Musk says Twitter will let bots providing �good content� access the Twitter API for free. As noted in a post on Twitter, Musk announced that the platform will enable a �light, write-only� API for eligible bots � a partial reversal of his policy that puts API access behind a paywall.

Now we all get to discover Twitter�s definition of �good content� in real time

# ? Feb 6, 2023 01:07

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

haveblue posted:

Now we all get to discover Twitter�s definition of �good content� in real time

@derstuermerwithoutcontext

# ? Feb 6, 2023 01:12

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/kitabet/status/1622524647425318912?s=46&t=X8eiNwQOTJqfQENBJbrgQA

# ? Feb 6, 2023 20:39

That Italian Guy: Jul 25, 2012; We need the equivalent of the shrimp = small pastry avatar, but for ambulances and their mysteries now.

haveblue posted:

It�s become a proper cycle now- Twitter announces a radically disruptive change, we all spend a few days thinking this is truly the end, then they backtrack in a hasty and confusing fashion and Twitter stumbles along for a few more months.

Now we all get to discover Twitter�s definition of �good content� in real time

#good~~people~~botsonbothsides

# ? Feb 6, 2023 21:48

Darth Walrus: Feb 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/erinkwoo/status/1622707554311872512?s=46&t=BYlCd50uRB_AblBVywyZ4w

# ? Feb 7, 2023 10:24

Neo Rasa: Mar 8, 2007; Everyone should play DUKE games.

haveblue posted:

It�s become a proper cycle now- Twitter announces a radically disruptive change, we all spend a few days thinking this is truly the end, then they backtrack in a hasty and confusing fashion and Twitter stumbles along for a few more months.

Now we all get to discover Twitter�s definition of �good content� in real time

Does the Daily Stormer have a new host yet?

Gotta love this piece of poo poo "I can't get rid of the bots so, uh, bots were actually my idea all along I love good bots"

# ? Feb 8, 2023 00:25

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

The chuds are fighting again because Trump called DeSantis a pedophile. :mrgw:

https://twitter.com/JoshuaPHilll/status/1623103123106455557?s=20&t=vtukOh-hGilw-Awklyo99g

# ? Feb 8, 2023 00:53

I AM GRANDO: Aug 20, 2006

Did someone explain to trump what grooming is and he thinks it�s a compliment? �And Ron would have tried to help out my good friend Jeffrey, who was treated very unfairly just for throwing a few nice parties. I�m sorry! I like nice island parties!�

# ? Feb 8, 2023 01:19

Republicans: Oct 14, 2003; - More money for us

- Fuck you

I AM GRANDO posted:

Did someone explain to trump what grooming is and he thinks it�s a compliment? �And Ron would have tried to help out my good friend Jeffrey, who was treated very unfairly just for throwing a few nice parties. I�m sorry! I like nice island parties!�

Nah he just knows that's what you call your enemies now.

# ? Feb 8, 2023 01:26

Soonmot: Dec 19, 2002; Entrapta fucking loves robots; Grimey Drawer

I mean Desantis partied with highschoolers and was let go from his teaching position after a year so it's not much of a stretch

# ? Feb 8, 2023 01:37

Young Freud: Nov 26, 2006

Soonmot posted:

I mean Desantis partied with highschoolers and was let go from his teaching position after a year so it's not much of a stretch

I've always suspected that the initial info drops of Desantis party high school teacher was from the Trump camp.

# ? Feb 8, 2023 04:08

PhazonLink: Jul 17, 2010

lol at an antman form the other side of the planet having a fight with a FL man (Caturd) and both these people having tier 1 support of Musk.

you think antman even knows where to place Destantis's FL, Abbott's TX, or Donnie's La Margo on a map?

# ? Feb 8, 2023 04:29

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

I've tweeted maybe 10 times today and I'm getting an error message that I've reached my daily limit. :shrug:

# ? Feb 8, 2023 23:10

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

A lot of people seem to be getting that message, for numbers of tweets today going all the way down to zero

My :tinfoil:

brain says this is their solution to the problem reports that were going around the other day, where their notification queues were getting overloaded and skipping tweets. Which is itself caused by reduced capacity because Musk won't stop barging into the datacenter and yanking random plugs

# ? Feb 8, 2023 23:43

Dick Trauma: Nov 30, 2007; God damn it, you've got to be kind.

https://twitter.com/TwitterBlue/status/1623411400545632256?s=20&t=onzMMFV6PrpCFZbgD7uokA

quote:

need more than 280 characters to express yourself?

we know that lots of you do� and while we love a good thread, sometimes you just want to Tweet everything all at once. we get that.

so we're introducing longer Tweets! you're gonna want to check this out. tap this 👉

starting today, if you�re subscribed to Twitter Blue in the US you can create longer Tweets.

most standard functions of Tweeting still apply, whether you want to post a picture, use a hashtag, or create a poll. but now you can type all the way up to 4,000 characters. for now, longer Tweets on web can't be saved as drafts or scheduled to send later.

but don�t worry, Twitter is still Twitter. we know longer Tweets could mean a lot of scrolling, so they�ll be capped at 280 characters on your timeline and you�ll see a �Show more� prompt to click and read the whole Tweet.

while only Blue subscribers can post longer Tweets, anyone and everyone can read them. you can reply to, retweet, and quote Tweet a longer Tweet, no matter if you�re a Twitter Blue subscriber or not. subscribers will be able to reply and QT with up to 4,000 characters.

let us know what you think. we�re excited to see how you use the extra space!

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