Hi Roan,
Back in the day we did script posting to Twitter as they were actively
encouraging people to post via their api's. As the process of
Enshittification continued, they shut down most if not all of the 3rd
party options for posting, and they are now heavily restricting calls to
their own api. Over the years we have had the scripts work for a period
of a year or two, only to stop working. Sometimes going for months
without anyone noticing. So I took to posting manually as a way to
ensure that the posts were working. I need to split the post into two
blocks so that it fits into the allotted space. Even this often requires
manual editing to remove extra words to get it to fit.
The manual posting is something I prefer to do. It has the benefit that
I can tailor the post if needed, most editing the synopsis from "I show
how to ..." to "Rohn shows how to ....". Sometimes I'll @ the hosts if I
know their account. It's a daily opportunity to "actively engage" with
the community, replying to posts, following people back, asking people
to post shows, and even getting into "arguments" with my own
account. It's easy to see when an account is just a script versus an
account that has a real person behind it.
But this is all to say that it's not about automation or effort, it's
about impact, or more specifically the lack of it on twitter/x.com
--
Regards,
Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
https://kenfallon.com
https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
On 2026-02-24 16:45, Roan Horning via Hpr wrote:
On 2/24/26 5:16 AM, Ken Fallon via Hpr wrote:
Hi All,
We started posting to twitter, now x.com in August 2008, and we
have 976 Followers. I would like to suggest we stop actively
posting there as the impact of the site has diminished.
I am fine with not posting, especially if this takes someones time to
do it. If a post of the daily show could be automated, and we don't
want to stop interactions with Xitter completely I would be in favor
of that.
--Roan
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