The Block Bot

Helping you ignore the eminently ignorable!

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

It was inevitable that the billionaire man child would eventually turn off our API access. It's been fun and this app has helped stop a lot of abuse. @TheBlockBot was the first shared block list app on Twitter created by me @oolon in 2013, just over 10 years ago!

[James Billingham @oolon]

This is what Elon's change to blocking will enable, people can quote your posts more easily as they're not blocked. Then you can't unquote it, and their followers have a nice convenient link to click on to abuse you

Bluesky already more advanced than "X"
https://t.co/nQ6HkMxdeP

[James Billingham @oolon]

So much better than Twitter, who killed @TheBlockBot and all shared blocking services ages ago. It's built into the app that you can share and subscribe to blocklists!

Not that I've had to block anyone on there yet, or even mute...
https://t.co/lkFFrQPoFj

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@MyBleedingInk @oolon No, sorry, Melon killing the API makes it impossible :(

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

It was inevitable that the billionaire man child would eventually turn off our API access. It's been fun and this app has helped stop a lot of abuse. @TheBlockBot was the first shared block list app on Twitter created by me @oolon in 2013, just over 10 years ago!

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Jris420 @Anka213 I live in the EU so I'm definitely not starting a service asking for people's passwords. GDPR nightmare :D

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Jris420 @Anka213 That's what all the spammers use, so that would be possible but maybe a bit heavy going. Also to apply blocks to someone else's account you'd need their username/password and no MFA on the account.

[James Billingham @oolon]

Elon has suspended my account calling for #BlockTheBlue after Matt reported on it. He's scared! @BlockTheBlue gone, but strike us down and we'll become more powerful than you can possibly imagine ;) #BlueHarvest #StreisandEffect https://t.co/Lf2dbvEZH9

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Anka213 Yes if you have a way of using them that bypasses the API let me know

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@ThatVDOVault @BlockTheBlue @bonkologist Yes he has both, legacy list and blue list >> @travisbrown

[Transphobe Blocklist @TransphobeB]

So it looks like @TransphobeB is no more, barring a miracle. I'll keep adding to the list if I can in the hope API access might be eventually restored. Good luck to all!
https://t.co/7UZnyHIVR6

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

Elon Musk has shown he has absolutely no interest in stopping abuse on this platform. In fact he actively encourages neo-Nazis to set up shop, allows them to get "verified" by paying him $8/month to get special access to abuse minorities. Which is why I say #BlockTheBlue always!

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

It eventually died when @blocktogether took over as a much more flexible tool, then was restarted as a @blocktogether node when that project stopped. So not quite 10 continuous years of operation.

The first page of https://t.co/tpCbxfhTN1 way back then - https://t.co/RkFWnbYjsj

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Keirakvlt Yeah people who tried to sub when it was broken will need to do that. But that's a few hundred just before it went down. Generally that won't help :D

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

Back up for now, not been cut off by Melon yet!
https://t.co/vVWb15KrLC

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

Blockbot down for maintenance! Actions table autoincrement id was an int, the table that holds all blocks etc, and the number of rows is over 4bn now... Hit the max allowed value! So re-creating the table w/bigint, will be down for 24hrs I'd guess. It's a 250Gb compressed table!

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Keirakvlt Done 900 for you so far today, so obviously back working again. It's been out of action for over a week I'm afraid - hence the slow uptake.

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Keirakvlt Unsub and resub will add a lot of Actions, so don't do it unless sure it isn't working as it just leads to more rows for it to churn through when trying to do your blocks. I'll check yours now.

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@johnwelch62 @BlockTheBlue Back up for now!

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

@Ceejsteak It's back up and working for now!

[The Block Bot @TheBlockBot]

Blockbot down for maintenance! Actions table autoincrement id was an int, the table that holds all blocks etc, and the number of rows is over 4bn now... Hit the max allowed value! So re-creating the table w/bigint, will be down for 24hrs I'd guess. It's a 250Gb compressed table!