Small Weather Hobbyists Aren’t Safe Either
Twitter has suspended my API accounts. Until this gets figured out, my posts will be exclusively on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and Reddit (/r/CalgaryWxRecords).
— Calgary Weather Records🌤 (@YYC_Weather) April 15, 2023
Even relatively small, public service-oriented weather bots faced Twitter’s wrath. Calgary Weather Records, an account with less than 3,000 followers that semi-regularly tweets weather updates issued a tweet on Saturday saying Twitter had suspended its API accounts. Like others, Calgary Weather advised its followers to follow the account on Mastodon and Reddit for more update information.
