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Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
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Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is true, most of the participants on Rotter hold views that are despicable and couldn't be further away from my beliefs. However, Rotter has time and again proven to be the best news community on the Israeli internet, bringing breaking news and alerts as they happen. Also, note that all the hate speech on Rotter always takes place in the thread comments, never in the headlines, which is what we use for @rotterne…
> Also, note that all the hate speech on Rotter always takes place in the thread comments, never in the headlines, which is what we use for @rotternews. Is it now? What about these, just in the past few hours: * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486621279823200256 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486621270738366464 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486631085724286976 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/…
I would appreciate if you (or someone) would, since if they're already posted here, those of us who don't speak Hebrew are left wondering about the context of the discussion.
Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#63No links to your service. Running 'emergency feed' that has thousands of users depending on it with API limits without factoring in rate limiting ahead of time.
Not to mention that Israel has active defense systems that alert your general area via sirens when missiles are coming.
Why is this on front page?
Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Also, note that all the hate speech on Rotter always takes place in the thread comments, never in the headlines, which is what we use for @rotternews. Is it now? What about these, just in the past few hours: * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486621279823200256 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486621270738366464 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486631085724286976 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/…
I would appreciate if you (or someone) would, since if they're already posted here, those of us who don't speak Hebrew are left wondering about the context of the discussion.
Just follow the links in the tweets and paste them into Bing/Google translate.
The translation is not perfect but the general gist seems to be anger, hatred and calls for revenge towards Palestinians.
Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
As I do understand and empathize with your cause. And trust that I'm not looking for a political argument or the likes. The comment above is a painful cry out towards the absurdity of the situation in an attempt to shed some light on the colossal 'gap' between the worries of both sides..
Yes, the gap is certainly absurd (though I'm not sure about the validity of the numbers you quoted). But there are many absurdities about this conflict. This is what I posted here during the previous spat (exactly 600 days ago): The mutual bloodshed is terrible, and, as a resident of Tel Aviv I'm personally affected, but there is one thing that has always perplexed me a bit, which is the perception of the actual fero…
And Wikipedia is a credible resource for providing accurate numbers? How about you spend a couple of hours tonight monitoring #GazaUnderAttack (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23gazaunderattack&src=typd) on Twitter, and let's both count the number of casualties (in the pictures) for the night. May I remind you these are human beings; children, women and young girls murdered, they're not soldiers @pron. Numbers are irrelevant in analyzing the situation or the conflict. Arab Leaders are to be damned for being so passive about all these atrocities (Libyan and Syrian civil wars included) and even contributing to some. That said, 'nothing' justifies 'Genocide'.
Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#66No links to your service. Running 'emergency feed' that has thousands of users depending on it with API limits without factoring in rate limiting ahead of time. Not to mention that Israel has active defense systems that alert your general area via sirens when missiles are coming. Why is this on front page?
because it's not very common that this community can potentially pitch in to save lives on an immediate basis, and this happens to be one of those occasions.
those relying on the service should not be penalized by the software development practices of the person who wrote it with the best of intentions, and the opportunity existed for that to be avoided via community outreach (and it worked).
Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Also, note that all the hate speech on Rotter always takes place in the thread comments, never in the headlines, which is what we use for @rotternews. Is it now? What about these, just in the past few hours: * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486621279823200256 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486621270738366464 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/status/486631085724286976 * https://twitter.com/RotterNews/…
I would appreciate if you (or someone) would, since if they're already posted here, those of us who don't speak Hebrew are left wondering about the context of the discussion.
Nah, that will just piss me off terribly. Instead, let me translate a recent tweet by some (other) clever Israeli:
I will never forgive the Middle East for making me hate nationalists, while people like me in the rest of the enlightened world have long since moved on to hating capitalists
Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#68Success! Twitter @support just got back to me with news that the rate limits have been increased! HN, you are awesome!
See, HNers, procrastination habits can be put to good use!
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#69Re: Ask HN: Urgent connection to Twitter support
#70I prefer planning over firefighting...
We all do. But I think the time to fault them for not anticipating this is later. Right now, if the only thing you can contribute is, "They should have been better prepared," I don't see that as particularly helpful.
Sorry for not being helpful. At least the other comments were so freakin' helpful I heard that they stopped shooting from Gaza. You know, the opinion of Internet people matter.