How does one create innovative solutions, if Twitter enforces on us the stipulation, that, the view should be user oriented? It sounds like we're being told, you cannot reference tweets with content which is similar to a certain topic.
Imagine the earthquake in Japan, Now, it sounds like I cannot build an app/client/website, which shows tweets which have been sent talking about this unfortunate occurrence. I've already asked if one is allowed to discuss a particularly relevant tweet on this topic. No response from Ryan. You could just say NO. That is a minimum norm of politeness. Regards Umashankar Das On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Adam Green <140...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we get a definition of "client?" This seems to be where we are talking > across each other. > > 1. Twitter HQ sees a client as an app that displays *only* a user's home > time line and allows the user to tweet, retweet, follow, etc. > > 2. Developers see a client as an app that displays tweets from any source, > including the home timeline *and* those that are curated by editors and > algorithms, and allows the user to tweet, retweet, follow, etc. > > I think to Twitter HQ, these are two very different things. I believe that > this is what Ryan was trying to say. I believe that Ryan was trying to say, > don't build apps that *only* do 1. You will have more luck with 2. > Developers heard don't build apps that do 2 or you will be instantly shut > down. > > If Ryan hadn't combined his message with things that inadvertently also > were perceived as a threat of instant shutdown as a result of an innocent > misunderstanding of the rules, his statement would have been taken as > advice, rather than a threat. I believe he meant well. He failed. He should > keep trying until everyone understands. That is his job. Or it should at > least be someone's job. Collectively the developers are worth the effort. > > Hey, why not hold a conference, put everyone together, and talk until this > is clear? You can afford it. We all need it. > > Your future IPO investors aren't stupid. Well, at least not all of them. It > is not just your revenue numbers they will see. It is lots of either happy > or unhappy developers. We will raise your valuation. Keep saying that to > Dick and the Board. They need to understand that. > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com>wrote: > >> is the "twitter client" what's the most useful thing there? i would think >> the algorithms and system to match tweets to that content is the most >> fruitful place for entrepreneurship? >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 7:22 PM, Shannon Whitley < >> shannon.whit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Raffi, but obviously I'm not the only one reaching these >>> conclusions. If our interpretation is incorrect, then the policy >>> isn't clear. >>> >>> Television shows, newspaper articles, and band pages are perfect >>> examples of places where a "Twitter client" might be useful. I could >>> build a full-featured Twitter client around a single news site and >>> that might be the perfect solution for that set of users. Under the >>> new guidelines, it sounds like I'd be shutdown. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 12, 6:39 pm, Raffi Krikorian <ra...@twitter.com> wrote: >>> > in reading your blog post, i think you're misunderstanding what >>> > @*rsarver*wrote. >>> > >>> > the API is open -- i personally love seeing all the innovation around >>> > getting content into twitter (/1/status/update). there is a cafe in >>> france >>> > who's oven tweets whenever its done baking. that uses the platform to >>> get >>> > content in there. there was a NYU project that enabled your plants to >>> tweet >>> > when they needed water. that uses the platform to get content into >>> twitter. >>> > then there are people who match tweets to context. seeing twitter in >>> > action with a television show, or a newspaper article, or a conference, >>> or a >>> > band -- that's how people really understand and get twitter. they see >>> it >>> > through the lens of what's happening in the world. >>> > >>> > what @*rsarver* said, effectively, was building a business around >>> > *simply*rendering >>> > /1/statuses/home_timeline was probably-not-the-best-thing-to-do. >>> please go >>> > still innovate. just don't bet money on simply making an API call to >>> > grabbing a user's home_timeline and rendering it. that's thinking too >>> > small, and @*rsarver* is telling you that. >>> > >>> > On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Shannon Whitley >>> > <shannon.whit...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> > >>> > > I was hoping that Ryan was just a few weeks early for his April >>> Fools' >>> > > post. >>> > >>> > > "Don't build clients?" It sounds like a bad joke. >>> > >>> > > I wrote a letter to Ryan on my blog in response to this post: >>> > >>> > > >>> http://www.voiceoftech.com/swhitley/index.php/2011/03/a-letter-to-rya... >>> > >>> > > I know you guys can't be serious about this. Stage a mutiny if you >>> > > have to, but don't let this boneheaded decision stand. >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Raffi Krikorian >>> > Twitter, Application Serviceshttp://twitter.com/raffi >>> >>> -- >>> Twitter developer documentation and resources: >>> http://dev.twitter.com/doc >>> API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi >>> Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >>> http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >>> Change your membership to this group: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Raffi Krikorian >> Twitter, Application Services >> http://twitter.com/raffi >> >> >> -- >> Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc >> API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi >> Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >> http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >> Change your membership to this group: >> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk >> > > > > -- > Adam Green > Twitter API Consultant and Trainer > http://140dev.com > @140dev > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
