The fee, likely $1, is aimed at stopping “relentless” bots, Musk said.
    • Dr. MooseEnglish
      17•11 months ago

      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.worldOPEnglish
        11•11 months ago

        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

        • Dr. MooseEnglish
          7•11 months ago

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