Hi guys, I'm a developer from China who wanted to get the xAuth access for a web-based application the other day, but was rejected due to Twitter's policy. Brain replied to my ticket and said that I could join the discussion here. So let's get back to the topic a little bit and see if there's a solution for the Chinese users to continue using Twitter, if Twitter is not going to change its policy?
On Apr 26, 10:54 am, Ron B <rbther...@gmail.com> wrote: > China'spolicy didn't just recently change, Twitter's did. So it is > Twitter telling us that we may not be able to supportChinaand other > firewall blocked countries any longer. It is, after all, within > Twitter's power to continue to support Basic Auth. It is their > conscious decision not to, despite the significant negative > ramifications being brought to their attention. > > In an earlier comment from Twitter: " twitter.com is trying to drive > people to understand and discover what's going on in the world." No > one in the world needs to "understand and discover what's going on" > more than the people of these communist-block countries that otherwise > see only what their governments allow them to see. It is unfortunate > that Twitter plans to turn their back on them. Then again, what's a > billion people here or there?... > > On Apr 25, 9:04 pm, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It is not twitter telling you it isChina. > > > -- > > Little androids dreaming of Nexus Ones compiled this text. > > > On Apr 25, 2010 6:53 PM, "Dewald Pretorius" <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Raffi, > > > We really need a resolution for this issue before Basic Auth is > > deprecated. > > > It sounds as if Twitter is telling developers of web apps that they > > cannot provide service to Chinese users, and other users behind > > firewalls that block access to twitter.com. But that can't be right, > > can it? > > > On Apr 25, 4:49 am, jaronbarends <jaronbare...@gmail.com> wrote:> I moved > > my web based app from ba... > > > This issue has discussed in this group before here: > > >https://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_threa... > > > > Being a frontend developer, I may have misunderstood the outcome of > > > that discussion (I certain... > > > -- > > Subscription > > settings:http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en
