TweetedTimes Bot: What It Is & Should You Block It

01 · Operator

Who operates TweetedTimes Bot

Company: The Tweeted Times
Type: Social preview bot
Official docs: tweetedtimes.com

02 · Behavior

What TweetedTimes Bot does

The Tweeted Times aggregated and ranked news links shared by a user's Twitter contacts. The bot fetched those linked pages to build each newspaper. The service now appears inactive, as its sign-up links point to a Twitter deprecation notice.

03 · Impact

Why TweetedTimes Bot matters for your site

If you allow it

Requests come from links shared on Twitter
Low request volume

If you block it

The service appears inactive
No clear benefit to site owners today

04 · Allow

How to allow TweetedTimes Bot

robots.txt

User-agent: TweetedTimes Bot
Allow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "TweetedTimes Bot")
Action:     Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules

# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.

WordPress

# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: TweetedTimes Bot
Allow: /

nginx

# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "TweetedTimes Bot") { return 403; }

Apache

# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} TweetedTimes Bot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

05 · Block

How to block TweetedTimes Bot

Start with robots.txt. If TweetedTimes Bot keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.

robots.txt

User-agent: TweetedTimes Bot
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "TweetedTimes Bot")
Action:     Block

WordPress

# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: TweetedTimes Bot
Disallow: /

nginx

# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "TweetedTimes Bot") {
    return 403;
}

Apache

# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} TweetedTimes Bot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>

06 · User agents

User agents we see for TweetedTimes Bot

The user agent published by the operator:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TweetedTimes Bot/1.0; +http://tweetedtimes.com)

07 · Verification

Is it really TweetedTimes Bot?

TweetedTimes Bot’s operator publishes no IP ranges or hostnames, so requests cannot be verified. Treat the user agent as a claim, and watch your logs for unusual request rates.

FAQ

Questions about TweetedTimes Bot

Is TweetedTimes Bot still active?

The Tweeted Times site appears inactive, with its login and sign-up links pointing to a Twitter deprecation page. Traffic with this user agent today should be checked carefully.

Should I block TweetedTimes Bot?

Blocking it has little downside because the service appears inactive. You can disallow the TweetedTimes Bot token in robots.txt or block it by user agent.

TweetedTimes Bot was The Tweeted Times’ social preview bot