Ok so I'm a Data Analytics Manager. Our tech stack is on an AWS S3 cluster. Let me explain in plain English for y'all how absofuckinglutely b.s. Elon's claim is. First, you don't prevent scraping by cutting off your own app's access to its OWN database. However... /1
Let's say you are a huge platform on AWS, like Twitter is, and you aren't paying your bill. The first thing they're going to do is meter your usage, then they're going to throttle your usage. So, what Elon is really admitting is that he DIDN'T PAY HIS F--KING AMAZON BILL. /2
One more thing... you can get around some of the problem by sending yourself direct links to tweets so they load individually instead of your entire timeline. Like this: /end
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