[lowercased]

>"It’s been over 2 years and on a technical level running better than ever"

Isn't it also simply doing less? Weren't some APIs shut off or reduced? My limited memory is having me think they reduced or shut down some functionality altogether, which would also help something run smoother. Fewer things running means fewer things can break.

[transcriptase]

No. Grok, spaces, community notes, long form videos, user payouts. It’s doing far more now than ever before.

[dicknuckle]

Nitter etc are locked out as far as I know. That was likely a huge load on the site.

[astroid]

Nitters up: https://nitter.net/search?f=users&q=elonmusk

They just closed a single API which was also abused by botfarms. Closing the API immediately improved the site from a spam perspective and was welcome by most actual users, likely all users who understood the impact.

This is pure cope - the site is doing a TON more than it used to, and more stable than ever.

Also arguing that a site that is designed to scrape and re-represent a website without ads or other stuff 'was likely a huge load' is a very weird argument to try and claim the site is no longer being used.

I can say anecdotally I used to use nitter, and while it didn't work for a few days I switched to the regular site. Now I would never go back. The actual site works better now, I have no need. On old twitter 1.0, nitter worked better.

Thats a black eye on Dorsey twitter, not the new twitter (or X or whatever you prefer)

[ceejayoz]

(and fewer users means lower load, as a bonus)