[Hpr] Stop posting to twitter/X, while continuing to monitor it.

[Ken Fallon]

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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