The overthinking, speculation, and wasted thoughts in the comments due to misinformed people attempting to spread unsubstantiated claims is quite shocking.
"Several hundred organizations (maybe more) were scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively, to the point where it was affecting the real user experience.
What should we do to stop that? I’m open to ideas.
5:06 PM · Jun 30, 2023"
"so @elonmusk
now that twitter blocks all requests that are not logged in, tweets can no longer be embedded in most chat apps
I'd strongly suggest reconsidering the UX+growth tradeoffs made here (take note how tiktok, youtube, etc, do not need this despite much higher b/w req!)"
----
@elonmusk
"This will be unlocked shortly. Per my earlier post, drastic & immediate action was necessary due to EXTREME levels of data scraping.
Almost every company doing AI, from startups to some of the biggest corporations on Earth, was scraping vast amounts of data.
It is rather galling to have to bring large numbers of servers online on an emergency basis just to facilitate some AI startup’s outrageous valuation."
It's amusing that anyone takes anything Elon says seriously. At this point the "free speech absolutist" has about as much credibility as an orange reality TV star.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1674887204580073474?s=20 ---- @elonmusk
"Several hundred organizations (maybe more) were scraping Twitter data extremely aggressively, to the point where it was affecting the real user experience.
What should we do to stop that? I’m open to ideas. 5:06 PM · Jun 30, 2023"
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1674942336583757825?s=20 ---- @nearcyan
"so @elonmusk now that twitter blocks all requests that are not logged in, tweets can no longer be embedded in most chat apps
I'd strongly suggest reconsidering the UX+growth tradeoffs made here (take note how tiktok, youtube, etc, do not need this despite much higher b/w req!)"
----
@elonmusk
"This will be unlocked shortly. Per my earlier post, drastic & immediate action was necessary due to EXTREME levels of data scraping.
Almost every company doing AI, from startups to some of the biggest corporations on Earth, was scraping vast amounts of data.
It is rather galling to have to bring large numbers of servers online on an emergency basis just to facilitate some AI startup’s outrageous valuation."