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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by pests on Monday April 27, 2020 @03:40PM (#22999189)
If I'm not mistaken that "Something Went Wrong" is their web API keys being throttled...
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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by heleninboodler on Monday April 27, 2020 @03:51PM (#22999294)
If this happens to a client attempting to load a single page in isolation (which it does, a lot), you are a failed web site. They may be a very successful mobile app, but as a website, they've failed miserably.
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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by ikt on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:51PM (#23003168)
I get this a lot and just assumed it was because I'm using a VPN.
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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by inapis on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @05:56AM (#23005389)
I get this a lot if i’n using a VPN or an ad blocker like pi-hole.
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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by clarry on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:38AM (#23004515)
I get that every single time unless I'm in private browsing mode. Clearing cookies and local storage makes no difference..

sigh

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Re:Twitter kills off SMS notifications and posting in most c... by dannyw on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:43PM (#23003120)
It's absolutely absurd that this happens for a site as big as Twitter.
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