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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by Aurornis on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @11:02AM (#45812466)
> and then receive a firehose of all public tweets from that moment on

The complete firehose was expensive and paid-only.

You could get a sampling of Tweets at a lower rate through the API. It wasn’t the complete firehose, though.

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Re:Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether... by L3viathan on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @08:07AM (#45822435)
That sample was complete though as long as there wasn't too many tweets. I.e, as long as your query was specific enough, you _did_ get all tweets.
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