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So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

develop systems that can identify unwanted users like bots, spammers, people who abuse the product and break ToS etc. Most bad actors are very dumb but fighting this at scale is actually very interesting. Also most bots (like 90%) are just scrapers (data collectors) especially when it comes to Twitter which has absurd API pricings but cost almost nothing to scrape lol

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Oh my god I’m a fuckin idiot. Granted, I’ve had a couple drinks tonight but I thought you were protecting bots… not protecting against them lol

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

yeah sorry "protection against bots" just doesn't roll of the tongue as easily lol

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Protect the bots!!!

[–] helpme@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

people who abuse the product and break TOS

You're welcome.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Hey man it gets me employed and I even get to work on foss on work hours sometimes. Thanks! :)