Twitter is now paywalled?

ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ Jul 1, 2023 @ 2:20pm

Originally posted by Yew Nough:
Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

I would rather just avoid it and use it only as one of many social platforms to post links to my stuff when I upload things. Its beyond painful to gain followers by just tweeting random complaints or whatever.
That's the incentive for anything Pay-2-Win, no?

They start you off with basic, yet limited privileges, then offer incentives in exchange for $$$

Soundcloud was fun, but ultimately turned to trash once it adopted this model (to appeal to the highest bidder/whoever bought or made the most bots).

exactly, when I end up uploading some of my music there I just know nobody will listen to it whilst the entire platform will continue to be dominated by unbearably bad rubbish rap that is paid to get views, its just depressing to think about.

#76

Azza ☠ Jul 1, 2023 @ 2:21pm

Twitter is utter rubbish now, full of hate and discrimination, while layered with censorship too.

I'm still just waiting for the Australian Watchdog to sue Elon Musk $700,000 AUD (which is $475,000 USD) on a daily basis, since he has more money than sense (cents), over his hate speech platform (which had now even topped Donald Trump's Truth Social as being the worst safety rated social media platform with disinformation and discrimination).

They are the ones who fined Facebook due to their Cambridge Analytica scandal too.

Twitter (Elon Musk) has less than 20 days now to respond to eSafety for their breach of Internet Safety. Sweat baby, sweat! You totally deserve it and don't say we never warned you.

It's probably why it's actually under full lockdown mode with the lame excuse of trying to block data scrapers. Twitter can barely run without any guest visits anyways and actual account users are still having major issues with it under it's lockdown.

Last edited by Azza ☠; Jul 1, 2023 @ 2:30pm

#77

Out Of Bubblegum Jul 1, 2023 @ 2:26pm

Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:
Originally posted by Yew Nough:
That's the incentive for anything Pay-2-Win, no?

They start you off with basic, yet limited privileges, then offer incentives in exchange for $$$

Soundcloud was fun, but ultimately turned to trash once it adopted this model (to appeal to the highest bidder/whoever bought or made the most bots).

exactly, when I end up uploading some of my music there I just know nobody will listen to it whilst the entire platform will continue to be dominated by unbearably bad rubbish rap that is paid to get views, its just depressing to think about.

If you told us your ID, you would get followers. Maybe make a new account with a fake name for that? I hope you are not using your real name on there now.

#78

ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ Jul 1, 2023 @ 2:44pm

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:
Originally posted by 💕 𝓑𝓾𝓷 💕:

exactly, when I end up uploading some of my music there I just know nobody will listen to it whilst the entire platform will continue to be dominated by unbearably bad rubbish rap that is paid to get views, its just depressing to think about.
If you told us your ID, you would get followers. Maybe make a new account with a fake name for that? I hope you are not using your real name on there now.

I don't use my real name anywhere online.

my soundcloud is https://soundcloud.com/bun-e

#79

Your_White_Knight Jul 1, 2023 @ 2:49pm

Originally posted by lightwo:
Just putting it out there, in case it wasn't obvious:

Boycott Twitter and Reddit, everyone!

Well... that would mean I would have to be on Twitter and Reddit first....

Neither toxic moshpit really interested me much.

#80

craigsters Jul 1, 2023 @ 5:02pm

New York
CNN
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Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site, or faced difficulty and delays, Saturday.
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After months of controversy, Elon Musk is now at the head of one of the most influential social networks on the planet, whose "tremendous potential" he has promised to unleash. (Photo by Constanza HEVIA / AFP) (Photo by CONSTANZA HEVIA/AFP via Getty Images)
Twitter isn't letting users view the site without logging in
“Rate Limit Exceeded” and “#TwitterDown” are the two top trending topics on the app in the US, for those who have use of it. The former had over 40,000 tweets as of Saturday noon.

Reports of outages began around 8 am EST, according to DownDetector, and shot up through the morning. As of noon EST, DownDetector showed more than 7,400 outage reports across the website.

Users, including CNN journalists, flagged that their feeds weren’t loading and that they were met with an error message saying, “Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again.” Others reported errors saying the site cannot retrieve tweets.

Musk changes policy
Hours after users began reporting the problems, billionaire owner Elon Musk tweeted that the site had applied temporary limits “to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”

Verified accounts are limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, he tweeted, while unverified accounts are limited to just 600. New unverified accounts are at 300 posts a day.

Musk began offering a blue verification check mark for users who sign up for its Twitter Blue subscription service to grow revenue.

Later, Musk posted he will increase the limit “soon” to 8,000 tweets a day for verified users, 800 for unverified and 400 for new unverified accounts.

Many expressed their frustration ith the connection problems. Other trending topics in the US included: “Wtf twitter” and “Thanks Elon.”

Just yesterday, Twitter appeared to be restricting access to its platform for anyone not logged into an account. It was not clear whether the change was an intentional policy update or a glitch. Most of the reported problems Saturday were on the website, at 44%, followed by 39% of problems reported on the app.

CNN has reached out to Twitter for comment, but the platform responded with an automated poop emoji.

Twitter users faced similar wide-ranging service disruptions in March, one of the largest outages since Elon Musk took over. More than 8,000 users reported disruptions in that instance.

Musk is trying to turn around the platform, which faced an exodus of advertisers, with the onboarding of a new CEO, Linda Yaccarino.

Last edited by craigsters; Jul 1, 2023 @ 5:03pm

#81

Azza ☠ Jul 1, 2023 @ 5:09pm

Originally posted by craigsters:
New York
CNN
—
Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site, or faced difficulty and delays, Saturday.
. -
After months of controversy, Elon Musk is now at the head of one of the most influential social networks on the planet, whose "tremendous potential" he has promised to unleash. (Photo by Constanza HEVIA / AFP) (Photo by CONSTANZA HEVIA/AFP via Getty Images)
Twitter isn't letting users view the site without logging in
“Rate Limit Exceeded” and “#TwitterDown” are the two top trending topics on the app in the US, for those who have use of it. The former had over 40,000 tweets as of Saturday noon.

Reports of outages began around 8 am EST, according to DownDetector, and shot up through the morning. As of noon EST, DownDetector showed more than 7,400 outage reports across the website.

Users, including CNN journalists, flagged that their feeds weren’t loading and that they were met with an error message saying, “Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again.” Others reported errors saying the site cannot retrieve tweets.

Musk changes policy
Hours after users began reporting the problems, billionaire owner Elon Musk tweeted that the site had applied temporary limits “to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”

Verified accounts are limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, he tweeted, while unverified accounts are limited to just 600. New unverified accounts are at 300 posts a day.

Musk began offering a blue verification check mark for users who sign up for its Twitter Blue subscription service to grow revenue.

Later, Musk posted he will increase the limit “soon” to 8,000 tweets a day for verified users, 800 for unverified and 400 for new unverified accounts.

Many expressed their frustration ith the connection problems. Other trending topics in the US included: “Wtf twitter” and “Thanks Elon.”

Just yesterday, Twitter appeared to be restricting access to its platform for anyone not logged into an account. It was not clear whether the change was an intentional policy update or a glitch. Most of the reported problems Saturday were on the website, at 44%, followed by 39% of problems reported on the app.

CNN has reached out to Twitter for comment, but the platform responded with an automated poop emoji.

Twitter users faced similar wide-ranging service disruptions in March, one of the largest outages since Elon Musk took over. More than 8,000 users reported disruptions in that instance.

Musk is trying to turn around the platform, which faced an exodus of advertisers, with the onboarding of a new CEO, Linda Yaccarino.

It's mostly lies by the way...

Elon Musk had got rid of most of the Twitter servers and the lead employees (who actually know what they are doing / coding) to save a quick buck, while demanding $48,000 per month for the Twitter API usage.

Elon Musk had previously even refused to pay for Twitter's usage of Google Cloud (till they started restriction Twitter's function) and the Twitter building's rental costs (which he made into sleepover double time sweat work shop, to make up for more than halving the staff count).

Almost all of the Twitter Safety team is gone too. Dropping Twitter's safety index level to 33% and getting the Australian Watchdog upon it with eSafety.

Last edited by Azza ☠; Jul 1, 2023 @ 5:40pm

#82

eram Jul 1, 2023 @ 6:07pm

The contract ended June 30
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-stopped-paying-google-cloud-bills-money-platformer-2023-6?r=US&IR=T

Last edited by eram; Jul 1, 2023 @ 6:08pm

#83

Out Of Bubblegum Jul 1, 2023 @ 7:15pm

Originally posted by Azza ☠:
Originally posted by craigsters:
...

It's mostly lies by the way...
...

Both of those things can be true at the same time.

#84

Basho Jul 1, 2023 @ 8:42pm

Originally posted by metamec:
More like Elon hasn't been paying the bills and AWS pulled the plug or imposed limits until they came to an agreement.

Originally posted by eram:
The contract ended June 30
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-stopped-paying-google-cloud-bills-money-platformer-2023-6?r=US&IR=T

i thought there was some scheme to get user numbers up or something.
turns out the reality of it is a lot more mundane and silly.

#85

metamec Jul 2, 2023 @ 1:11am

Originally posted by Basho:
Originally posted by metamec:
More like Elon hasn't been paying the bills and AWS pulled the plug or imposed limits until they came to an agreement.
Originally posted by eram:
The contract ended June 30
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-stopped-paying-google-cloud-bills-money-platformer-2023-6?r=US&IR=T
i thought there was some scheme to get user numbers up or something.
turns out the reality of it is a lot more mundane and silly.

Occam's razor proves its worth once again. I just got the provider wrong. 🔮

#86

Battlekruse Jul 2, 2023 @ 8:26am

To be honest who use Twitter today.

Never used any of these so called social media platforms like Twitter, instagram, reddit or Facebook etc.

It just seems like a waste of time and I would rather spent my time on something I really enjoy like gaming.

But maybe this is a new way to try stop fake accounts made by bots etc.

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Hunter_M♤cer Jul 2, 2023 @ 8:26am

Well this is a win win for Non twitter users

#88

Crystal Sharrd Jul 2, 2023 @ 8:29am

It's either because Elon Musk, who is incompetent, made a change that is causing the site to self-DDOS itself, or Elon Musk, who is pretty much a criminal, refuses to pay his bills and got kicked off Google Cloud.

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kilésengati Jul 2, 2023 @ 8:34am

Originally posted by lightwo:
Just putting it out there, in case it wasn't obvious:

Boycott Twitter and Reddit, everyone!

Don't have to boycott something I don't use. ;P

#90

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