Twitter Is DDOSing Itself • Hacker News Board

Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by stubybubs » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:19 PM UTC

throwaway202351 wrote: post #37

quote wrote: post #23

One weekend Russia attacks Russia, next weekend Twitter attacks Twitter.

Don't forget when Reddit attacked Reddit two weeks ago.

The entire world now living the "hurt itself in its confusion" meme.

Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by oh_sigh » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:20 PM UTC

Certainly not good, but not all GET requests are equal. If these are responded to cheaply, at the point of connection termination, then it might be the case that no one has bothered to clean it up yet.

Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by bentcorner » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:21 PM UTC

craig1f wrote: post #15

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> Hacker News is all that's left

While I visit here a lot I would guess that your claim that "HN is all that's left" is just wrong. There are hundreds if not thousands of forums and various gathering places where people are having conversations, just not in a place you are aware of.

> Where do you all get your info lately? How do you stay informed? I really don't know how to get a wide swath of information anymore with Twitter and Reddit gone.

MSM hasn't gone anywhere. And realistically speaking most news doesn't matter anyway.

But I do think the case of "I need to learn about X and it's not on reddit or twitter anymore" is a realistic concern. Hopefully search engines can fight the tide of LLM created bullshit and help you find what you need to know.

Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by WhereIsTheTruth » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:22 PM UTC

littlestymaar wrote: post #44

WhereIsTheTruth wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Wagner, now located in Belarus, was still Russian when they downed 6 helicopters and a plane last week-end.

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Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by bboygravity » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:22 PM UTC

brucethemoose2 wrote: post #28

Meanwhile, I can see this very Mastadon post with no login just fine. And the interface is not trying to assault me. It loads quick. ...Seems like a better product than Twitter for a public feed.

Most of the rest of the world doesn't agree.

Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by p0pcult » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:25 PM UTC

bboygravity wrote: post #55

brucethemoose2 wrote: post #28

Meanwhile, I can see this very Mastadon post with no login just fine. And the interface is not trying to assault me. It loads quick. ...Seems like a better product than Twitter for a public feed.

Most of the rest of the world doesn't agree.

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Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by kfrzcode » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:26 PM UTC

brucethemoose2 wrote: post #28

Meanwhile, I can see this very Mastadon post with no login just fine. And the interface is not trying to assault me. It loads quick. ...Seems like a better product than Twitter for a public feed.

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Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by throwawat7832 » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:28 PM UTC

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Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by comboy » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:29 PM UTC

Anybody knows if these requests were happening before the login only change? Because it would be hilarious if huge scrapping operation was a bug in their javascript.

Re: Twitter Is DDOSing Itself

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Post by Hoasi » Sat, Jul 01, 2023, 8:30 PM UTC

brucethemoose2 wrote: post #33

Also, taking Elon's word at face value for a second... is Twitter really worth scraping for AI training or whatever? Its a hive of misinformation, disinformation and toxicity. Its succinct I guess, but nothing is eloquent or descriptive because of the character limit. And its full of repetitive "filler" information. Who wants that in a foundational LLM dataset? Maybe its OK for finding labeled images... But that stil…

> Also, taking Elon's word at face value for a second... is Twitter really worth scraping for AI training or whatever?

Maybe... if you build a LLM scrapping for the lulz?