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Elon posted this on Twitter (quoted from an private blog since I currently have no way to access twitter):
Lets hope that they lift this ban soon.
Reality: Musk has degraded Twitter's performance to the point they can't handle unauthorized access.
It seems they're basically DDOSing themselves.
If only there was some sort of reasonably-priced computer-readable service or platform that organisations could use to collect data without degrading the service of users...
Meaning ... people were using your publicly available website?
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OT but it amazes me at what point musk sounds like trump when posting lol, he really just is technotrump
And that, Musky, is why sites generally provide an API and don't lock it behind prohibitive pricing. Because the alternative is to scrape your site, and that's more resource intensive for the site in question.
I hope for the opposite, this platform should die IMO
I'm definitely not using this platform anymore, but Twitter being private also locks away a lot of valuable content (including government announcements, as someone mentioned).
Yes, we should move away from the platform and this will definitely help with that.
If the reason for the ban is massive server load due to content scraping for AI models, that could become an issue for the fediverse as well. Our infrastructure is funded by donations and has much less performance and resiliency than big tech companies.
We might reach a point where the negative impacts on the environment caused by AI outweigh the benefits, just like it already happened with blockchains.
He's not genuine whatsoever. I'll believe this was the reason to lock Twitter when I see evidence of it. Remember how he wasn't going to [layoff 75% staff; block payments for utilities / rent; cancel bonuses; etc]? Troll troll troll.