Everyone thinks Twitter is down for a myriad of reasons yet NONE of you has yet suggested "Orcas"

*two-thirds of the way to Mars* Rate limit exceeded.

Imagine paying to read more tweets when you could read less tweets for free.

TIRED: Killing your service’s third-party apps WIRED: Killing your service’s first-party apps

And here is today's mood

When you’re about to go to bed and then you hear that another big boat is stuck…

Moderation is a skill. Hiring a team of moderators is a related, but different skill. Defining and refining a set of policies for teams of skilled moderators to enforce, is yet another skill. Building tools and telemetry for skilled moderators to use to enforce policies, is yet another skill.

One thing that throwing a very diverse group of people into a Twitter group chat to report abuse does is help teach everyone else in the room what the dog whistles for other people looked like. We all have blind spots and moderation must be just as diverse for this same purpose.

some people are here for the butts, I’m here to watch T&S oldheads backseat driving bluesky like those italian retirees who stand next to construction sites and offer unsolicited advice through the fence

I can’t believe I get to personally witness this place’s first big content moderation meltdown on the SAME DAY as Ron DeSantis’ Twitter space meltdown, this life is a gift ✨