Twitter now requires an account to view tweets

Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by ryzvonusef on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:31AM (#36547281)

Elon says he used it as a way to stop AI data scraping because the servers were suddenly hit by a large load.... (As a weird form of DDOS shielding in other words)

HN could be hit with such a large load too, since we have pretty good and lengthy discussion here, good for AI data training.

Would you believe it a valid tool to keep the community happy?

Since I doubt we would be happy if we can't access the site because some AI decided this was the time to scrape, either.

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Re:Twitter now requires an account to view tweets by dang on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:36AM (#36549453)

I agree that it could become a problem but I'd rather wait until the problem shows itself clearly, rather than (potentially) over-reacting in advance. Sometimes the medicine turns out to be worse than the disease; plus it's a better fit for being lazy.

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