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Re:Twitter Is Blocking Likes and Retweets that Mention Substack by philistine on Sunday April 09, 2023 @10:43AM (#35503160)
So explain the logic that API abuse leads to inability to like or retweet a discussion of the company at fault on the service.
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Re:Twitter Is Blocking Likes and Retweets that Mention Substack by dcow on Friday April 14, 2023 @03:54PM (#35573887)
I have no idea what mental gymnastics they pulled, but off the cuff: if a company is a person, and the company is abusing my api, I feel like I have grounds to remove them from my platform or at least demonetize them. They are breaking the terms of service to which they agreed.
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