Detailed answer to #fixreplies from Biza Stone
That was followed by a full reaction to #fixreplies from one of the founders of the service, Biz Stone ( @biz ).
In his twitter, he admitted that he had made a mistake, without mentioning the technical problems that led to this difficult decision, in his first post on this topic.
The full text can be found in the service blog .
The general theses are as follows:
1. There are technical obstacles that prevent this setting from being returned.
2. Every time a reply was published, Twitter had to check the status of the corresponding setting for all followers posted to determine whether to deliver it or not, which significantly loaded the server and caused delays in the delivery of messages and SMS.
3. Only 3% of users used this setting.
4. The Twitter team understands that they should have given these explanations immediately and as clearly as possible, and not to confuse their users.
In his twitter, he admitted that he had made a mistake, without mentioning the technical problems that led to this difficult decision, in his first post on this topic.
The full text can be found in the service blog .
The general theses are as follows:
1. There are technical obstacles that prevent this setting from being returned.
2. Every time a reply was published, Twitter had to check the status of the corresponding setting for all followers posted to determine whether to deliver it or not, which significantly loaded the server and caused delays in the delivery of messages and SMS.
3. Only 3% of users used this setting.
4. The Twitter team understands that they should have given these explanations immediately and as clearly as possible, and not to confuse their users.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/59655/
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