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Re:Threads is rolling out its Following feed by mulligan on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:07PM (#36866751)
there's a difference between rate limiting the amount of posts you make (to avoid spam) and rate limiting the amount of posts you read
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Re:Threads is rolling out its Following feed by PeterCorless on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:25PM (#36867068)
Exactly.
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Re:Threads is rolling out its Following feed by foderking on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @08:35PM (#36871646)
not really. rate limiting is rate limiting. Its done to prevent abuse whether in the form of spam or unauthorised scraping
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Re:Threads is rolling out its Following feed by slikrick on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:47AM (#36893435)
yes really. rate limiting reading to average users is completely different than rate limiting writing. the average user doesn't post, so it's already impacting a completely different demographic
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