WaPo article: https://archive.is/wip/sgViP
Company owner Elon Musk tweeted that the change was a “temporary emergency measure” to deter third-party scraping of data from the social media platform. “We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!” Musk wrote.
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Nope, I'm IP banned or something from creating new accounts
my phone number is banned as is my actual email, but my alt email was fine. if you're IP banned unplug your router for a minute (unless you're paying for Static IP of course)
You have a static IP?
What message do you get when making an account?
Maybe it's by MAC address or whatever but if I create an account it instantly gets banned
That would be great, because you can easily spoof your MAC address.
I assume you do wipe your cookies, use different browsers, don't use the same phone for authentication, etc.?