Bad news for those who love encountering cute foxes or Vengaboys lyrics between the porn and Ben Shapiro-filled hellscape that is Twitter’s algorithm. Amid the litany of poor decisions Space Karen has unleashed on us after carrying Pandora’s Sink through the threshold of Twitter HQ, it seems automated accounts have become the latest mass casualty of his questionable reign.
Earlier this week, Twitter’s Dev team announced that the days of free Twitter API were numbered and that a paid option would be taking its place later this month.
“Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1,” Twitter’s Dev team announced in a message posted to the social platform, noting that “a paid basic tier will be available instead.”
Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead
— Twitter Dev (@TwitterDev) February 2, 2023
Wow. Who could have possibly seen this coming?
From bots that dunk on the New York Times —because let’s face it, Tucker Carlson’s takes absolutely suck — to bunnies and foxes being adorable (not together, but like, you get the point), here are some of the automated Twitter pages we’ll miss most after the purge.
1 .@whatsylviaate
Sylvia Plath’s food diary — because even Femcels have to eat.
filet mignon and walloping wines 1951
— Sylvia Plath's Food Diary (@whatsylviaate) January 30, 2023
2. @Colorize_bot
Like the tornado in the Wizard of Oz, but less destructive.
Farrokh Bulsara (Freddie Mercury) one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music. 1958 pic.twitter.com/4RDEpyuisp
— Colorize_Bot (@colorize_bot) December 26, 2022
3. @RabbitEveryHour
The only thing better than spying a cute rabbit? Seeing one every hour.
— Bunnies (@RabbitEveryHour) February 3, 2023
4. @HourlyFox
A similar concept to @RabbitEveryHour, the hourly fox is the same, just like, with foxes instead of bunnies.
— Fox (@hourlyFox) January 26, 2023
5. @VengaBoom
It’s “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!” by the Vengaboys. Even with its one incorrect lyric — despite the pages’ apparent insistence, it’s “I wanna go boom boom,” not “I wanna double boom” — it’s still an absolute banger, even in tweet form.
(34) Boom boom boom boom
— Venga Boom (@VengaBoom) February 3, 2023
(36) Let's spend the night together
— Venga Boom (@VengaBoom) February 3, 2023
6. @FrogandToadBot
Honoring the *original* queer icons, one tweed-clad tweet at a time. Rest easy, kings — after all, your bed looks *super* cozy.
— Frog and Toad Bot ( @ ) (@FrogandToadbot) February 3, 2023
7. @ThinkPieceBot
Complete with the iconic “Old Man Yells At Cloud” image of Abe Simpson, @ThinkPieceBot is the spiritual successor to The Simpson's famed clip — after all, where else would we find headlines like “America's Common Sense Crisis” and “The Case Against Vaporware”?
The Case Against Vaporware
— The New Thinkpiece Bot (@thinkpiecebot) January 26, 2023
Goodnight, sweet princes. At least we’ll still have the New York Times Pitchbot (which contrary to its name, is not actually a bot).
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