Just in case you need some examples why locking down the Twitter API is bad, here is a lovely thread from Mastodon: octodon.social/@aulia/1097196... < Back Mary Williams @NightsongWs Aulia Masna ✔ @aulia@ octodon.social Some # Twitter things that the company didn't build or invent itself: • Twitterrific was the first mobile Twitter app • The word tweet made its first official appearance on Twitterrific • The hashtag was from Chris Messina • Advanced Twitter Search was originally Summize • Twitter bought TweetDeck • Live stream was from Periscope acquisition • The official Twitter app was originally Tweetie which they purchased from Loren Brichter • Mentioning people with an @was user driven and wasn't linked to accounts because they didn't consider conversations to take place on Twitter initially • Quote tweet was adopted from people copy+pasting tweets and adding RT in front of the copied tweet • Threads were built to accomodate existing user behavior Did I miss anything major? [update 29/1] lots of additions in the replies that I thought should get added here • Image attachments added after third party services like imageshack/yfrog, and twitpic became super popular. • Twitterrific was first to officially associate Twitter with a bird • Retweet was adopted from user behavior (you couldn't comment or add context using the official retweet so many people kept using RT until Twitter introduced native QT) • Scheduling, posting across accounts, and team/shared accounts were from Hootsuite • Popularity of short link services like isgd and bitly lead to tco url masking Something that people may not have been aware, in my corner of Twitter in those early years, people interpreted RT not as retweet but as reply to. So they weren't replying by hitting the reply button but by manually quote tweeting and adding RT after their response. There's enough confusion over RT so I'm gonna add this example octodon.social/@aulia/10977056... (6.0)x(2.6) Aulia Masna :verified: (@aulia@octodon.social) gining SBY opening envelope, Sidate is.... Drumroll. Suspen Attached: 4 images @masukomi@connectified.com not... A nation in waiting.. for VP ca ment the Octodon Jan 19, 2023, 20:21 - Edited Jan 30, 00:28 1867 ALT 2:20 PM Feb 2, 2023 118.6K Views

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2000dollar tweet data API at a blasphemous price!?!? may god save us all

people that run fun automated accounts who can afford $100/month scammers who already make thousands and are willing to pay $100/month

BREAKING NEWS! 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 m damnt

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The sort of bots this kills: cute puppies every femtosecond, Benedictine quote of the day, notify me when citizen kane 2 releases

authorblues, managing admirably @authorblues The sort of bots this kills: cute puppies every femtosecond, Benedictine quote of the day, notify me when citizen kane 2 releases ... The sorts of bots this does not kill (they use Puppeteer, Playwright, Selenium, etc, not the API): bitcoin spam, fake camgirl sites, phishing DMs 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 Show this thread 12:20 PM. Feb 2, 2023 86.6K Views

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imagine thinking your api that most people use for hobbies and shit is actually monetizable to anyone besides corporations

@4ECATE imagine thinking your api that most people use for hobbies and s--- is actually monetizable to anyone besides corporations RIP to all the undergrad projects using the Twitter API / all the hourly animal pic bots / people's s----- little hobby bots / all the passion projects 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 Show this thread 11:28 AM • Feb 2, 2023 160.6K Views

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Twitter disabled birthday balloons AND cut off free access to api

chai X @proyearner : Twitter disabled birthday balloons AND cut off free access to api (which means many of the cool wholesome bots will stop running)... what a joyless f------ website 10:36 AM. Feb 2, 2023 237.5K Views

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The twitter API change will not effect me because I post this shit myself every day don't worry

Pikachu @fatpikachupic The twitter API change will not effect me because I post this s--- myself every day don't worry 10:25 AM. Feb 2, 2023 233.7K Views :

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Yeah, free API is being abused badly right now by bot scammers

2011 Eric Nakagawa . 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 Show this thread 40 @ericnakagawa. 20h 173 Elon Musk @elonmusk 1,666 You're unable to view this Tweet because this account owner limits who can view their Tweets. Learn more ₁846.3K Replying to @BillyM2k and @ericnakagawa 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. 4:31 PM. Feb 2, 2023 2.6M Views Just ~$100/month for API access with ID verification will clean things up greatly. :

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What Could It Cost, $500?

mgflip.com I MEAN, ITS 500 API REQUESTS WHAT COULD IT COST, $500?

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Ad revenue must be down bad.

100 Eric Nakagawa @ericnakagawa 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 Show this thread 11:13 AM. Feb 2, 2023 · 834.1K Views :

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Charging for the twitter api is just going to remove all the fun bots and leave only the scam bots

fr Charging for the twitter api is just going to remove all the fun bots and leave only the scam bots Molly White @molly0xFFF. 22h if you want to get a sense of some of the impact of this change, just look at the quote tweets Alt Text Reader @get_altText. 5h Automated This bot will probably stop working next week. It's been a long time coming at this point, but I'm still disappointed. Thanks to everyone who helped make this hellsite more accessible! ALT The doll goes crunch @MallowyGoodness Twitter Dev✔ ✔ @TwitterDev - 8h 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 I Show this thread ♡ 110 Emoji Mashup Bot @EmojiMashupBot - 5h Automated 1 ALT t 56 Starting February 9, all the bots and tools like @Emoji MashupBot will stop working, unless their creators start paying a bill. Thousands of bots will shut down. Everything that made Twitter interesting for small developpers like me, will be gone. 13 Twitter Dev✔ @TwitterDev 8h 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 how this thread 8,324 1 372 ↑ ♡ 1,041 ₁63.7K ↑ 10:15 AM. Feb 2, 2023 95.8K Views Twitter Dev✔✔✔ @TwitterDev - 8h 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 Show this thread ALT 12 1 69 Every SpongeBob Frame In Order @SbFramesInOrder.2h Well, y'all, it's been nice knowing you. The bot will end when this goes through. been my honor serving you. ALT Frog and Toad Bot (@) @FrogandToadbot - 2h Automated (It's been a lovely ride, all. - ) Show this thread 247 39 Twitter Dev✔✔✔ @TwitterDev - 8h 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 t 154 11.5K Show this thread ♡ 1,291 109.1K *** ↑

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SauceBot processes several thousand API requests a day.

Anime, Art and Manga Saucebot @saucenaopls Automated SauceBot processes several thousand API requests a day. Unfortunately, as much as I love being able to help out our artists and other people just looking for the source of things, I will not be spending thousands of dollars a month just to continue this bot. Choose level of usage Paid Total Requests PER MONTH O Up to 500 Up to 1000 Up to 2,500 Up to 5,000 Up to 10,000 Month-to-month PRICE PER MONTH Ⓒ $149.00 $289.00 $699.00 $1,299.00 $2,499.00 Looking for more? Our Enterprise packages include advanced features and APIs to take full advantage of the opportunities within Twitter data. They also include email support and a dedicated account manager. Contact us for enterprise access

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Hey everyone, looks like Twitter is going to be charging for using the twitter api starting February 9th

make up a guy pictures @Makeupaguypics Automated Hey everyone, looks like Twitter is going to be charging for using the twitter api starting February 9th. I don't have any intentions of paying Twitter up to $150 a month for what should be basic api usage, so this bot will sadly stop working after the 9th. Choose level of usage Paid Total Requests PER MONTH Ⓒ Up to 500 Up to 1000 Up to 2,500 Up to 5,000 Up to 10,000 9:01 AM. Feb 2, 2023 442.3K Views Month-to-month PRICE PER MONTH Ⓒ $149.00 $289.00 $699.00 $1,299.00 $2,499.00 :

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Well, y'all, it's been nice knowing you.

Every SpongeBob Frame In Order @SbFramesInOrder Well, y'all, it's been nice knowing you. The bot will end when this goes through. It's been my honor serving you. 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 Show this thread 7:32 AM. Feb 2, 2023 3.5M Views : ...

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Hi All, I regret to announce you all that this bot will stop working on 9th of February

Possum Every Hour (Please See Pinned Tweet) @PossumEveryHour Automated Hi All, I regret to announce you all that this bot will stop working on 9th of February (Next week) due to new Twitter's API policy. I have no intention on paying Twitter for basic API usage. You can continue to follow the bot on Mastodon: botsin.space/@PossumEveryHo... It's been fun 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 Show this thread : 6:39 AM Feb 2, 2023 5.4M Views

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Just in case you need some examples why locking down the Twitter API is bad, here is a lovely thread from Mastodon: octodon.social/@aulia/1097196... < Back Mary Williams @NightsongWs Aulia Masna ✔ @aulia@ octodon.social Some # Twitter things that the company didn't build or invent itself: • Twitterrific was the first mobile Twitter app • The word tweet made its first official appearance on Twitterrific • The hashtag was from Chris Messina • Advanced Twitter Search was originally Summize • Twitter bought TweetDeck • Live stream was from Periscope acquisition • The official Twitter app was originally Tweetie which they purchased from Loren Brichter • Mentioning people with an @was user driven and wasn't linked to accounts because they didn't consider conversations to take place on Twitter initially • Quote tweet was adopted from people copy+pasting tweets and adding RT in front of the copied tweet • Threads were built to accomodate existing user behavior Did I miss anything major? [update 29/1] lots of additions in the replies that I thought should get added here • Image attachments added after third party services like imageshack/yfrog, and twitpic became super popular. • Twitterrific was first to officially associate Twitter with a bird • Retweet was adopted from user behavior (you couldn't comment or add context using the official retweet so many people kept using RT until Twitter introduced native QT) • Scheduling, posting across accounts, and team/shared accounts were from Hootsuite • Popularity of short link services like isgd and bitly lead to tco url masking Something that people may not have been aware, in my corner of Twitter in those early years, people interpreted RT not as retweet but as reply to. So they weren't replying by hitting the reply button but by manually quote tweeting and adding RT after their response. There's enough confusion over RT so I'm gonna add this example octodon.social/@aulia/10977056... (6.0)x(2.6) Aulia Masna :verified: (@aulia@octodon.social) gining SBY opening envelope, Sidate is.... Drumroll. Suspen Attached: 4 images @masukomi@connectified.com not... A nation in waiting.. for VP ca ment the Octodon Jan 19, 2023, 20:21 - Edited Jan 30, 00:28 1867 ALT 2:20 PM Feb 2, 2023 118.6K Views

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