Third-party clients can’t access Twitter

#1

Post by detrist » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 4:42 AM UTC

Third-party clients can’t access Twitter
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Re: Third-party clients can’t access Twitter

#2

Post by jader201 » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 5:02 AM UTC

Why isn’t this on the front page? I’ve been wondering what was going on, and had to actually search HN to find it. 11 upvotes in 18 minutes is definitely front page worthy.

Is HN actively nerfing Twitter posts?

Re: Third-party clients can’t access Twitter

#3

Post by r721 » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 5:12 AM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #2

Why isn’t this on the front page? I’ve been wondering what was going on, and had to actually search HN to find it. 11 upvotes in 18 minutes is definitely front page worthy. Is HN actively nerfing Twitter posts?

Some people flag Twitter/Musk-related stories by their own admission, and flagging affects HN ranking.

There was also a small previous discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743 (which is also not on front page though)

Re: Third-party clients can’t access Twitter

#4

Post by kelnos » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 5:53 AM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #2

Why isn’t this on the front page? I’ve been wondering what was going on, and had to actually search HN to find it. 11 upvotes in 18 minutes is definitely front page worthy. Is HN actively nerfing Twitter posts?

Because I (and I suspect many others) are tired of the Musk/Twitter drama and flag.

As a general policy, I flag all "X is down" stories, because... who cares? A random company's ops team having a terrible day does not tickle my intellectual curiosity one bit. Complete waste of space.

Re: Third-party clients can’t access Twitter

#5

Post by dang » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 6:15 AM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #2

Why isn’t this on the front page? I’ve been wondering what was going on, and had to actually search HN to find it. 11 upvotes in 18 minutes is definitely front page worthy. Is HN actively nerfing Twitter posts?

It's both what r721 said and what kelnos said. Transient "X is down" stories are a dime a dozen and Twitter drama stories are...cheaper than that.

I've made an exception in this case and restored the original submission on this topic to the front page, since people are discussing it anyway.

Re: Third-party clients can’t access Twitter

#6

Post by dang » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 6:17 AM UTC

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743, which was posted first.