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Re: Twitter API Page

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Post by eecc »

smileybarry wrote: post #98
eecc wrote: post #97

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Not sure if "complaning about moderation" is taboo, but I'm a bit saddened that my comments to this issue are being diligently downvoted. I don't see any other reason other than "not having enough contempt for Elmo", although they do have some merit. I would expect such behavior on Arstechnica but here? SMH

I'm assuming it's mostly because this ban was already reversed 10 years ago (an actual decade ago) because of the value these third-party clients brought to the platforms. Twitter may not have made money on targeted advertising to these users, but they consumed content, amplified, tweeted and probably drove(/became) traffic to "native" marketing by Twitter's advertisers. (Like: tweets by @Target or whatever)

Yeah, that’s a reasonable argument, thanks. OTOH 10 years is a long time, also business strategies and needs change.

Just chalking it off to “Elmo does stupid” is cheap IMHO

Re: Twitter API Page

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Post by smileybarry »

eecc wrote: post #101
smileybarry wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm assuming it's mostly because this ban was already reversed 10 years ago (an actual decade ago) because of the value these third-party clients brought to the platforms. Twitter may not have made money on targeted advertising to these users, but they consumed content, amplified, tweeted and probably drove(/became) traffic to "native" marketing by Twitter's advertisers. (Like: tweets by @Target or whatever)

Yeah, that’s a reasonable argument, thanks. OTOH 10 years is a long time, also business strategies and needs change. Just chalking it off to “Elmo does stupid” is cheap IMHO

Oh I definitely think it’s yet another short-sighted move by Elon. A “they’re using OUR data and NOT paying for it” kind of move.

Re: Twitter API Page

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Post by bfeynman »

omoikane wrote: post #75
bfeynman wrote: post #60

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I deactivated my twitter, after constantly checking it for updates and the like all the time. I don't miss it at all, don't even have urge to find it again. Think that might speak a lot to the attention economy and how fragile it can be for free apps. Twitter is doomed, the experience is broken, the recommendations were all trash and seeing promoted comments from people who paid to have a checkmark was like the most…

I always wondered why people choose to make these "I no longer use X and now I am happier" kind of posts, where X could be a number of things including Twitter, as opposed to quietly fading away. For people who were happy with X, these posts just sound like sour grapes[1]. I am not a top Twitter user by any metric, but I have been happy with the content I got. I wonder if all the problems I hear about are limited to…

I did not say anywhere that I was happier, rather I was surprised that something I feverishly would check constantly multiple times a day could disappear and I wouldn't have any problem with it or urge to get it back. It's anecdotal but I've had friends who have also disconnected and realized that it doesn't seem to change anything, most of the information you consume is crap and forgotten.

Re: Twitter API Page

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Post by TheHappyOddish »

barking_biscuit wrote: post #91
paintman252 wrote: post #84

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if your self-control really that bad?

Some people have neurobiology that makes them more susceptible to things of this nature through no fault of their own.

Some people also have poor self-control.
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