Lol the Twitter webapp is trying to load something from its internal graphql API and getting a 429 Too Many Requests response. Twitter’s JavaScript ignores the error and tries again, hundreds of times a second.
Twitter is DDOSing itself.
[An image taken from the sci-fi television series “The Mandalorian” that shows the protagonist “The Mandalorian” in their characteristic metal suit. Their face is obscured by their helmet. The subtitles underneath the image read the text “[sighs]”]
^I’m a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^
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@nelson@tech.lgbt, @nelson
Lol the Twitter webapp is trying to load something from its internal graphql API and getting a 429 Too Many Requests response. Twitter’s JavaScript ignores the error and tries again, hundreds of times a second.
Twitter is DDOSing itself.
[An image taken from the sci-fi television series “The Mandalorian” that shows the protagonist “The Mandalorian” in their characteristic metal suit. Their face is obscured by their helmet. The subtitles underneath the image read the text “[sighs]”]
^I’m a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^
I’m glad this volunteer community is back. How do I volunteer as well?