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'Rate limit exceeded;' Twitter down for thousands of users worldwide (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's removed all of the features of Twitter at this point. It no longer is even the site it was created to be.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And I kinda don't get it, Twitter is easy to embed and has good SEO, much like Reddit. Walling this up is the opposite of helpful.

Same with the rate limit. Interaction and posting is the heartblood of the website and what gives it value.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

why care about helpfulness and community interaction and value when you can simply monetize every single aspect and run the community into the ground for the 💰💰💰