1) those evil third-party clients shall die! (Have you tried negotiating with them?) 2) drat! Now we have more scrapers! (Who could have predicted that?) 3) let’s rate-limit everyone, and limit guests to zero? (Have you adapted the front-end to reduce requests, or does it keep trying?) 4) oh no, we’re now dDoSing ourselves! (So that’s a no.)
I don’t think there’s a mastermind at work here. Just someone who’s reacting, not strategic.
1) those evil third-party clients shall die! (Have you tried negotiating with them?) 2) drat! Now we have more scrapers! (Who could have predicted that?) 3) let’s rate-limit everyone, and limit guests to zero? (Have you adapted the front-end to reduce requests, or does it keep trying?) 4) oh no, we’re now dDoSing ourselves! (So that’s a no.)
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@vmstan @ramsey @Gargron Not to mention the potential leavers of Twitters.
Even if 1% perminantly left, it's 1% less people on Twitter and less eyeballs on ads.