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'Rate limit exceeded;' Twitter down for thousands of users worldwide (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Silverseren@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site or faced difficulty and delays Saturday.

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[–] grus@kbin.social 63 points 2 years ago (3 children)

lmao, this is fucking hilarious
I can't believe I'm saying this but... based elon?
The feddiverse as a whole might be soon flooded with people tho, prepare yourselves, they comin'

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's removed all of the features of Twitter at this point. It no longer is even the site it was created to be.

[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And I kinda don't get it, Twitter is easy to embed and has good SEO, much like Reddit. Walling this up is the opposite of helpful.

Same with the rate limit. Interaction and posting is the heartblood of the website and what gives it value.

[–] jiaerene@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

why care about helpfulness and community interaction and value when you can simply monetize every single aspect and run the community into the ground for the 💰💰💰

[–] Clairvoidance@kbin.social 46 points 2 years ago

Making people unaddicted to twitter deliberately is definitely a W

[–] hovster9@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm new, still getting the ropes. Honestly I've seen more engagin comments in the last hour than I have on either Reddit or Twitter for the last week.

[–] Cihta@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Right?? It's weird... it's both refreshing and nostalgic at the same time.

[–] MarvinKMooney@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I have definitely commented more in the fedverse in the last week than I have in the last year on Reddit.