• wafer@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I don’t know about twitter but it is common for the API to also be powering the front end regular user’s interact with. No matter what it’s stupid to rate limit this heavily.

    • prashanthvsdvn@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      True. REST APIs are a godsend to create structures and effectively communicate data. Shame its on the hands of these whimsical cry-baby CEOs