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That seems silly to me. They could have easily served their api from another server.

I imagine the problem wasn't API servers but data access.

I meant both api servers and database replica.

Jack has proven himself a liar many times with his false promises regarding taking care of the abuse problem on his platform without success so I’d take anything he says with a pinch of salt.

Let’s also not forget that they have a vendetta against third-party clients (so they can push their own client with the bullshit algorithmic timeline and ads) so it wouldn’t surprise me that he says that just as an excuse. In reality their web access was just as unrestricted as their API so it should share some of the blame too.

> He doesn't give any specifics but attributes Twitters early struggle with uptime to unrestricted API usage.

Of course, that was also critical to Twitter's success.