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Twitter announces read limits (edition.cnn.com)
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[โ€“] chaogomu@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What makes this self own even better is the code used to limit reading, doesn't actually limit requests. So Twitter's users are DDoSing the site with the official app.

https://sfba.social/@sysop408/110639435788921057

[โ€“] Hyperreality@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

No worries. It's not as if they recently fired most of the people who could fix it quickly.