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I was looking into using Twitter's official REST API for automatically liking specific posts that fit certain conditions.

I looked into the API reference to see if this was possible—and in fact, there is and endpoint for doing this:

However, looking at Twitter's policies—specifically "Automation rules", it would seem that automating this behavior is explicitly prohibited:

D. Automated actions you take on Tweets or accounts

Automated likes: You may not like Tweets in an automated manner.

This leads to my question: If automating likes in Twitter goes explicitly against the rules, why do they provide an endpoint for this behavior in their official API for developers?

nandtrocity
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    Automating this is prohibited, as is automating this in bulk. Using the API to provide a function for users to individually like Tweets is OK, and that’s one reason why the functionality exists. – Andy Piper Jun 06 '19 at 00:38

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I have written custom Twitter apps. If I want users of my app to be able to "Like" a tweet, I call the Twitter API function that allows me to do so.

DWRoelands
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  • I accept this answer. But also, @Andy-Piper 's comment answered the "Why?" part of my question. Thanks to you both :) – nandtrocity Jun 06 '19 at 22:38