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by lazy_nerd 4664 days ago
Nope, the social login is just to prevent too many queries. We are planning to switch to Captcha in a day or two instead of social login.
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If it's just to prevent too many queries, why does it require such powerful permissions for my Twitter account?

- See who you follow, and follow new people.

- Update your profile.

- Post Tweets for you.