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Https://devinprater.micro.blog > On Jan 17, 2023, at 4:37 PM, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Agreed. I deactivated my account as soon as he fired the accessibility team > just before he cut the rest of the staff in half and so on and so on. > > > > Richard, USA. > “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little > consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do” ~ John Ruskin > My web site: https://www.turner42.com > > >> On Jan 17, 2023, at 2:33 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> Twitter has become crazy. Just get out. Elon Musk is not qualified to own >> anything, much less a massive social media app, which he has done nothing >> but rec. >> >> Twitter Confirms Third-Party Apps Like Tweetbot Were Intentionally Blocked >> MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors / Juli Clover >> >> Third-party Twitter apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific have been >> intentionally blocked from using Twitter APIs, Twitter confirmed today. >> Without access to the underlying code for the social network, Tweetbot, >> Twitterrific, Birdie, Echofon, and other popular Twitter clients are >> non-functional and cannot be used. >> >> >> Twitter's Dev account today said in a tweet >> <https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1615405842735714304> that Twitter is >> "enforcing its long-standing API rules," a change that could cause some apps >> not to work. There has been no word on which API rules the blocked Twitter >> clients have violated, and this is the first time that Twitter has provided >> insight into what's going on with third-party Twitter apps since they >> stopped working last Thursday. >> >> When some third-party Twitter apps became unusable last week, it was >> initially believed that there could be some kind of bug causing the outage. >> Only the most popular Twitter clients were affected and blocked from >> Twitter's APIs, perhaps indicating an internal error. As Twitter declined to >> comment on the situation for days, however, it became clearer that it was an >> intentional decision. Over the weekend, The Information >> <https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-intentionally-suspended-tweet-bot-third-party-apps-messages-show> >> said that in an internal Slack channel, a senior software engineer at >> Twitter clarified that the suspensions were done on purpose, suggesting many >> Twitter employees were not even aware of what was going on. >> >> It is not known why Twitter has provided so little information on what is >> happening to highly popular third-party Twitter apps that have existed for >> years, nor if these apps will again be provided with access to the API if >> changes are made. Developers like Iconfactory and Tapbots (responsible for >> Twitterrific and Tweetbot, respectively), received no warning about the >> shutdown and were not provided with information on why their apps stopped >> working. >> >> Apps like Tweetbot have been around for more than a decade at this point, >> with loyal users, full teams of developers, and a major investment in the >> social network. Developers have expressed their frustration at Twitter's >> decision and lack of communication, as have longtime Twitter users. >> >> MacStories >> <https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/>, >> for example, called Twitter's actions "disgraceful" and "unprofessional," >> with Twitter demonstrating a "total lack of respect" for the role that >> third-party apps have played in the success of the social network. >> >> Jason Snell called Twitter's actions <https://sixcolors.com/> "clueless, >> classless, and cowardly," and John Gruber said this is likely the end of his >> regular usage of Twitter as Twitter's own client is "terrible." >> >> At this point, it isn't clear when or if we're going to get more information >> about third-party Twitter clients from Twitter, nor if the apps that have >> had their API access revoked will be back in some capacity. Tapbots is now >> speeding up development on Ivory >> <https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/29/tapbots-ivory-mastodon-app/>, its app >> for the Mastodon social network, and Twitterrific's Craig Hockenberry said >> that he will be exploring the concept of a truly universal timeline that >> leverages how open standards can be used in "new and different ways." >> >> >> >> Original Article: >> https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/twitter-third-party-apps-intentionally-blocked/ >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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