“Rate Limit Exceeded” on Twitter.
- Thread starter John Reena
- Start date
Google decimates Twitter search results after Elon Musk imposes limits on reading tweets
Google has reportedly removed much of Twitter's links from its search results after the social network's owner Elon Musk announced reading tweets would be limited.Search Engine Roundtable found that Google had removed 52% of Twitter links since the crackdown began last week. Twitter now blocks...
www.rawstory.com
Google decimates Twitter search results after Elon Musk imposes limits on reading tweets
David Edwards
July 3, 2023, 10:32 AM ET
Google has reportedly removed much of Twitter's links from its search results after the social network's owner Elon Musk announced reading tweets would be limited.
Search Engine Roundtable found that Google had removed 52% of Twitter links since the crackdown began last week. Twitter now blocks users who are not logged in and sets limits on reading tweets.
According to Barry Schwartz, Google reported 471 million Twitter URLs as of Friday. But by Monday morning, that number had plummeted to 227 million.
"For normal indexing of these Twitter URLs, it seems like these tweets are dropping out of the sky," Schwartz wrote.
Platformer reported last month that Twitter refused to pay its bill for Google Cloud services.
"Prior to Musk buying Twitter last year, the company signed a multi-year contract with Google to host services related to fighting spam, removing child sexual abuse material, and protecting accounts, among other things," according to Platformer.
humminbird
Veteran
we're about to enter the battle for the spot era
where new apps will emerge and try to take it's place while twitter will have to fight to stay relevant
choose your fighter
where new apps will emerge and try to take it's place while twitter will have to fight to stay relevant
choose your fighter
Ironman
#Knickstape
I haven't encountered this on mobile yet but smh
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
haven't noticed it in at least 2 days now
which is confusing why this thread is still going
Last edited:
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24769102/IMG_3454.jpeg)
Instagram’s Twitter competitor launches July 6th
Meta’s next app will try to make Instagram the new Twitter.
www.theverge.com
Meta’s Twitter competitor launches on July 6th, according to the App Store
/
If you want to bail from Twitter, seems like you won’t have to wait long to be able to download Threads.
By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium.Jul 3, 2023, 7:28 PM EDT
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24769102/IMG_3454.jpeg "A screenshot of Threads’ App Store listing.")
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is expected to launch on July 6th, according the App Store listing for the app. Threads had showed up on Google Play on Saturday with screenshots and some initial details, and a listing I saw on Google Play didn’t have a release date, so this date from the App Store appears to give us our first official date for when we might be able to download the app.
Here is the official — and brief — description of the app, from the App Store:
The listing also has what appear to be the same screenshots from the Google Play listing, showing that you’ll be able to log in with your Instagram handle, find the accounts you follow on Instagram on the new app, and post in an interface that looks a lot like many other text-based social media apps. In a companywide meeting, Meta executives also shared that the app will integrate with the decentralized social media protocol ActivityPub, as reported by my colleague Alex Heath.
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24769108/IMG_3455__1_.jpeg "A screenshot of Threads.")
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24769104/IMG_3456.jpeg "A screenshot of Threads.")
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24769105/IMG_3457.jpeg "A screenshot of Threads.")
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24769107/IMG_3460.jpeg "A screenshot of Threads.")
1/4
Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
Still, just because the app is available to
Still, just because the app is available to download on July 6th doesn’t guarantee that you’ll be able to jump in and post. I wouldn’t be surprised if Meta does a slow rollout of some kind for the app, so you might want to be prepared to wait to actually be able to find your new non-Twitter home.
But I can understand if you’re actively seeking a new place to post. Twitter has blocked unregistered users from being able to see tweets and implemented rate limits for those who are logged in. The company is also suddenly rolling out some major changes to TweetDeck after the app began to break — and in about a month, TweetDeck is going to become a paid feature. Many tried to turn to Bluesky, but it halted new user signups for more than a day to fix issues it ran into because of the waves of people flooding the app. The CEO of Mastodon is feeling good, though.
Alexander Hay (@alexanderhay@mastodon.social)
Something happening on the #Russian Invasion of #Ukraine Live Threads over on #Reddit - users are rapidly embracing #Mastodon links, and there is a demand for it as a viable #Twitter alternative. Given how much these mega-threads have relied on the Bird Site for updates over the last 17 months...
Darnell Clayton :verified: (@darnell@one.darnell.one)
I wish #Tumblr would focus more on integrating the site with #ActivityPub (even if it was a premium feature) than trolling #Twitter. #WordPress via plugin is now apart of the #Fediverse, but Tumblr is considered an after thought right now. 👉🏾 Tumblr Mocks Twitter’s Content Restrictions with...
Rod Hilton (@rodhilton@mastodon.social)
Oh wow so apparently Tweet threads are now limited to 25 messages per thread. I assume this is to drive more signups to Twitter Blue, where the character limit has been increased per-tweet. The way this guy is shaking down every possible revenue angle like he's broke and the rent is due at the...
mastodon.social
Twitter Death Cult (@cspam@mastodon.cloud)
Attached: 1 image Is that a fact? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/twitter-not-suited-emergency-communications-dutch-say-after-storm-2023-07-05/ "Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday...
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/ENWJP3QCWRPY3BJDD5EAO6J4JE.jpg)
Twitter not suited for emergency communications, Dutch say after storm
Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday, following an incident in which citizens were directed to the platform for updates during a large storm.
www.reuters.com
humminbird
Veteran
damn this is huge
Twitter Death Cult (@cspam@mastodon.cloud)
Attached: 1 image Is that a fact? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/twitter-not-suited-emergency-communications-dutch-say-after-storm-2023-07-05/ "Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday...mastodon.cloud
Twitter not suited for emergency communications, Dutch say after storm
Twitter is not the right place to seek information during an emergency, Dutch politicians and a prominent online group said on Wednesday, following an incident in which citizens were directed to the platform for updates during a large storm.
the days of it being a source of emergency disaster info are numbered.
/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23382328/VRG_Illo_STK022_K_Radtke_Musk_Twitter_Shrug.jpg)
The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long?
Social media power users mostly refer the older version.
www.theverge.com
The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long?
The TweetDeck app is beloved by social media power users over a newer version that has fewer features.
By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.Jul 8, 2023, 10:03 AM EDT
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23382328/VRG_Illo_STK022_K_Radtke_Musk_Twitter_Shrug.jpg "Elon Musk shrugging on a background with the Twitter logo")
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images
Overnight, users across Twitter began reporting that the older, and much better, version of TweetDeck has returned along with the free API access that made third party Twitter clients possible. TweetDeck was disabled last week when Twitter abruptly threw up a rate-limiting paywall and killed the legacy APIs that allowed the old version of the feature to function, while third-party apps were banned in January.
An update this morning from Harpy developer Roberto Doering says they switched to the “old v1 API” to get it working again, but they also noted “this doesn’t mean that harpy will be maintained again, seeing as Twitter will most likely shut down access to their legacy api (again) soon and third party apps are still against their TOS.”
To revert to the old version, go into your TweetDeck Account settings, select TweetDeck version, and switch back.
A scan of Twitter’s official accounts, as well as those of Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino didn't show anyone saying anything about the old TweetDeck’s return — the Twitter Support account’s most recent tweet is the one from several days ago announcing the launch of the new TweetDeck.
Afterwards, Twitter foisted its “new, improved” TweetDeck, which has been in preview for over two years, on the world. It announced via the Twitter support account that the feature would go behind the Twitter Verified paywall for Twitter Blue subscribers and those the company deems worthy of a free blue check.
Twitter claimed its decision to limit the number of tweets its users could see in a day was a necessary, and temporary, decision caused by companies scraping its site to feed AI models.
The company is also facing its most formidable copycat with the launch of Instagram's Threads app, which Meta rushed out the door ahead of schedule this week in a bid to take advantage of Twitter at its most vulnerable and quickly registered over 70 million accounts in less than two days. However, TweetDeck might be a feature that Threads won't copy, as Instagram boss Adam Mosseri told Alex Heath that "Politics and hard news are inevitably going to show up on Threads — they have on Instagram as well to some extent - but we’re not going to do anything to encourage those verticals."
Update July 8th, 2023, 12:50PM ET: Updated to say that some third party apps may also now be working again.
Update July 10th, 3:10AM ET: Added instructions to switch versions.
