Worked in journalism for FT, NYT etcCan’t remember who said it but the jist was: “you have world class writers, comedians, comics, celebrities, scientists, engineers, the list goes on… all producing content on your product for free which generates billions of views and billions in ad revenue and some genius decides to put a pay gate in the middle of that and break the entire system?”
Insufferable prick.Tweet
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Journalists are paid for their articles…Worked in journalism for FT, NYT etc
I agree social media's business model is working now. But it is so monopolistic it cannot stand for free speech and freedom of expression either imo.
I don’t think so. A social media is as strong as its user base. If they started charging except the hardcore addicts most would migrate to alternatives or quit. If you lost even 40% of your Instagram/Facebook friends/followers paying that monthly bill would seem less and less attractive.Surely paywall is the future of social media
I don't think this is the case.
Just looked at it and it seems to count threads on your main page AND replies in them amongst the 600, whether you click on them or not. Absolutely ridiculous implementation of a pathetic new "feature"
Wasn't that actually Olberman hitting his rate limit for viewing posts? I can see Biden's posts no problem.Joe Biden's official account was also struck with that silly limit.
Current events section will struggle, people will have to post their own opinions rather than tweetsIt might be time to review posting tweets on the caf.
I agree but the issue right now is we get too much social and not enough media.I don’t think so. A social media is as strong as its user base. If they started charging except the hardcore addicts most would migrate to alternatives or quit. If you lost even 40% of your Instagram/Facebook friends/followers paying that monthly bill would seem less and less attractive.
The day is not far away when some big tech creates a Twitter competitor. As soon as the recession lightens up. I’m sure Google won’t mind taking another stab at the social media game. They would generate so much potential data if they owned a major social media service.
Well then something is even more broken with it then. Because simply scrolling past posts with around 600 replies total, then clicking on one brings up the message without fail.I don't think this is the case.
Doesn't happen for me. It's just broken as always.Well then something is even more broken with it then. Because simply scrolling past posts with around 600 replies total, then clicking on one brings up the message without fail.
In fact, even clicking on a trending topic is breaking it, so maybe it is something more severe.
You need to find better people to follow or better subs to read.I agree but the issue right now is we get too much social and not enough media.
Have not learned anything on these platforms lately. I get my (limited) knowledge from reading up classic newspapers.
It wasn't happening for me either when it all kicked off. Now it has caught upDoesn't happen for me. It's just broken as always.
Keep scrolling, at this are you'll make Twitter HQ blow upIt wasn't happening for me either when it all kicked off. Now it has caught up
In fact, it's not loading at all for me now, stuck on "something went wrong".
I have been experimenting in various waysKeep scrolling, at this are you'll make Twitter HQ blow up
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Yeah, it must have been a screenshot from Olbermann's perspective. That's not a biden involving Biden, my bad.Wasn't that actually Olberman hitting his rate limit for viewing posts? I can see Biden's posts no problem.
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He’s nearly ruined it. What a dumbass.
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Cant see it. Because Elon thinks I’ll make an account to view it. Dumb feck that he is.
Not that I'm a huge expert on these things, but using some resources from google probably doesn't mean they don't have their own data centers, say for example they use a hybrid solution, where they run most of their stuff in their own data centers and use cloud service providers to book extra resources to deal with spikes, because that may just be cheaper and more flexible than buying all the hardware (for some theoretical (temporary) maximum load) yourself.I’m actually surprised that Twitter are using cloud infrastructure. It’s fantastic at scaling so it’s fantastic for startups that want to achieve growth but once you reach a certain size with a lot of traffic it becomes really really fecking expensive at that scale which is why most large tech companies end up investing in their own infrastructure before that point.
I mean that's genuinely possible. When he bought Twitter he gave direct orders to basically not pay any bills or rent. Twitter is being sued by multiple companies over it, as well as various former employees.Tweet
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They already lost ~80% of their pre-takeover advertising menu after Elon's initial shenanigans. But yeah, driving users away from your platform is going to kill any advertising business and purely move revenues to subscriptions.Right, isn't that basically just setting a cap on how much money advertisers can make? If Twitter is losing money from people using Twitter a lot, it's just dead. Immediately.
Errm almost all big companies world wide use Cloud now. Even a company as big as Apple used a different cloud company for a lot of their storage rather than their own infrastructure. All SM companies like Snap, TikTok also use it. Insta uses one by FB. Pretty much Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are the only companies who can afford to manage their own cloud infra without any reliance on 3P ones. OCI too I guess.I’m actually surprised that Twitter are using cloud infrastructure. It’s fantastic at scaling so it’s fantastic for startups that want to achieve growth but once you reach a certain size with a lot of traffic it becomes really really fecking expensive at that scale which is why most large tech companies end up investing in their own infrastructure before that point.
Just saw the edit, i thought you’d hacked in to the matrix for a second there.So I signed in for the first time in forever. Scrolled past hundreds and hundreds of tweets. Conclusion: Scrolling past tweets does not count towards your limit. I also clicked on an Elon Tweet with a massive number of replies and scrolled all the way to the end. I can still read tweets.
I wanted to break it. What gives?
Edit: Hooray I hit my limit!
Maintaining your own cloud infrastructure if you have to cater to a worldwide scale of users is actually more expensive when you take into account reliability and maintenance. It is cheaper to just rely on proven solutions like AWS, GCP, Azure. Take Walmart for example who have their own cloud solution via Walmart Labs. But their Indian subsidiary, Flipkart, which has to handle a huge amount of user load on events equivalent to Black friday in India, had to switch to use some storage solutions from GCP since Walmart's own cloud solution was simply unable to maintain the required availability. All big enterprise firms in US who previously relied on on the premises server infra are now moving to cloud for similar reasons.Not that I'm a huge expert on these things, but using some resources from google probably doesn't mean they don't have their own data centers, say for example they use a hybrid solution, where they run most of their stuff in their own data centers and use cloud service providers to book extra resources to deal with spikes, because that may just be cheaper and more flexible than buying all the hardware (for some theoretical (temporary) maximum load) yourself.
He is cool (although the NVidia CEO Jenson Huang might be the coolest and most down to Earth person CEO I have ever met).Tweet
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Yeah, the same way Trump is cool. Low-level stuff.He is cool (although the NVidia CEO Jenson Huang might be the coolest and most down to Earth person CEO I have ever met).
Hurrr durrr the scraping was affecting the user experience so I made the user experience even worse. I am a smart man.