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I started Waxy.org on this day in 2002, and as a special 21st birthday present, Twitter just suspended this account’s API access. So this bot is officially dead! You can follow Waxy on Mastodon at xoxo.zone/@waxy and via RSS at waxy.org/feed/ ✌️
ALT Screenshot of @waxy’s Twitter profile with celebrator birthday balloons.
ALT Email from Twitter with the subject line “Application suspension notice,” and the text, “Hello, This is a notice that your app - Waxy.org Twitter - has been suspended from accessing the Twitter API. Please visit developer.twitter.com to sign up to our new Free, Basic or Enterprise access tiers. More information can be found on our developer community forums. Regards, Twitter Developer Platform”
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