Does the context matter if the site is unusable though? Like I get fighting against the rampant AI scraping but when the average user can only use the site for minutes before being locked, why would ever come back? Why would any advertiser engage with Twitter if no one is able to see any ads?
this isn't about what any of this means for twitter/Musk.
if you're mentioning a temporary emergency measure (rate limits) in the same sentence as a possibly-permanent policy change (twitter no longer usable without login) then yes, context matters.
I agree that people have bemoaned "Twitter will die" since Musk took over but this legitimately might do it.
Like you can physically lock yourself out of the site in minutes, how can that function as any kind of social media? Hilariously you can't even read Musk's own tweet about the limits if you accidentally went over.
Musk will course correct long before this actually threatens Twitter. But I have trouble caring about this because I can't summon much sympathy for social media power users.
you forgot to mention the context of why there's rate limiting and that it's a temporary emergency measure.
Two more weeks
Does the context matter if the site is unusable though? Like I get fighting against the rampant AI scraping but when the average user can only use the site for minutes before being locked, why would ever come back? Why would any advertiser engage with Twitter if no one is able to see any ads?
this isn't about what any of this means for twitter/Musk.
if you're mentioning a temporary emergency measure (rate limits) in the same sentence as a possibly-permanent policy change (twitter no longer usable without login) then yes, context matters.
Reddit and Twitch have more chance dying first before Twitter, I'll wait and see as this is the 6th 'Twitter is dead' we've had since Elon took over.
I agree that people have bemoaned "Twitter will die" since Musk took over but this legitimately might do it.
Like you can physically lock yourself out of the site in minutes, how can that function as any kind of social media? Hilariously you can't even read Musk's own tweet about the limits if you accidentally went over.
Musk will course correct long before this actually threatens Twitter. But I have trouble caring about this because I can't summon much sympathy for social media power users.
This has got to be some kind of desperate emergency measure.
There's no way this is sustainable on the long term.
Based Elon fighting social media addiction.