Rust Hack Report Twitter Account to Be Shut Down Due to New Twitter Rules
The Rust Hack Report Twitter account, which tweeted out player ban notifications, is likely to shut down this month.
The developers said that this was due to upcoming changes in Twitter's API policy - the social network representatives said that soon accounts would only be allowed to use it if they subscribed monthly, but the developers refused to spend money on supporting the bot.
Twitter later reversed its decision and allowed the bots to continue working for free if they simply posted to the feed. However, Facepunch has not yet changed its mind.
Rust Hack Report is an account that was actively used by many server admins to track and create databases of accounts that were banned in Rust and use them to search for alt-accounts of cheaters. With the shutdown of this bot, there will be no alternatives without the help of developers - server owners expect that in the long term this will complicate the catching of cheaters on new accounts on community and modded servers.
The developers said that this was due to upcoming changes in Twitter's API policy - the social network representatives said that soon accounts would only be allowed to use it if they subscribed monthly, but the developers refused to spend money on supporting the bot.
Twitter later reversed its decision and allowed the bots to continue working for free if they simply posted to the feed. However, Facepunch has not yet changed its mind.
Rust Hack Report is an account that was actively used by many server admins to track and create databases of accounts that were banned in Rust and use them to search for alt-accounts of cheaters. With the shutdown of this bot, there will be no alternatives without the help of developers - server owners expect that in the long term this will complicate the catching of cheaters on new accounts on community and modded servers.
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