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@feditips @luca yo works, just used. 3x more people found on fedi since my last scan!

@feditips @luca why does it need a Twitter authorization?

The list of followees is usually public or it exist as JSON, doesn't it?

@Variety

I can't remember it now but this has come up before and there was a good technical reason for doing it this way.

@luca@social.luca.run / @Luca@vis.social would be able to explain it.

@feditips @Variety
- I'm still using the API. Because each user auth has it's own rate limit, this allows fedifinder to get the data fresh and instantly.
- By authorizing people can use it with a private account, where the following list is not public.
- It prevents people from getting data for any account instead of just their own.

@feditips As far as I remember, it was never broken for more than a few days.

@luca

Really?? How did it survive the free API shutdown?