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'Rate limit exceeded;' Twitter down for thousands of users worldwide (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Silverseren@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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Thousands of Twitter users across several countries were unable to access the social media site or faced difficulty and delays Saturday.

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[–] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently Twitter is DDoSing itself.

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

If I thought there was a genius behind his actions and a plan, and given his past warnings and fears about AGI, I would almost think that he figured out Twitter was being mined for training for AI and decided he would do everything in his power to obtain the company and sabotage it so it couldn't be used anymore. If I thought there was a genius mind there.

Reality is that this is what happens when software designed to work a certain way is suddenly switched over to doing things never planned , such as what happened with Reddit and all the subs that went private.