Eg comments, updates from other networks. Tweets that are grouped together into a timeline should not be rendered with non-Twitter contents. The worry comes from Rule 5a of the Timeline display guide: More worrisome about the new API rules is how it might restrict apps like the popular social news app Flipboard, which accesses tweets, but isn't a client itself. In a tiny way, this is about how Tumblr, Instagram, and LinkedIn users can't search for friends on Twitter any more. The loudest outrage from most people is how Twitter's been tackling the way third-party services access Twitter. Twitter users who like services like Flipboard that plug into Twitter Since this hinges on how developers react, it's hard to judge exactly what the effect will be until Twitter starts enforcing these rules. It's no fun playing in a playground with chains and locks on all the equipment.
It could also mean that currently beloved clients will just give up. The reason? With a new rules, developers might not put forth the effort to build specialized clients anymore. Which really sucks for the power user who want the very specialized client who lets you mute keywords, or whatever. I think the big thing people are upset about is that we're going to see fewer custom power user clients. Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani sums it up on the In Beta podcast: However, power users will likely see less customized clients built specifically for certain types of users. In short, if you're using apps that are targeted at businesses, for data mining or otherwise, you're probably fine. In fact, in Twitter's blog post on the issue, they specifically high-five the likes of Crimson Hexagon, Topsy, Hootsuite, and others. Twitter power users are going to see big changes in their Twitter clients, but many of the analytics tools they use will remain untouched. The Twitter power users who like third-party utilities Until we see how Twitter enforces these rules it's difficult to know exactly what to expect. Not all developers are so confident, and several have sent letters to the FTC requesting an investigation into possible antitrust issues that arise by Twitter forcing other apps out of the game. Twitterific developer Icon Factory says the same thing. However, in a blog post, Tweetbot developer Tapbots explains they'll continue work their clients (iPhone, iPad, and Mac), and the majority of the app will be unchanged. Essentially, if your app taps into Twitter for any reason, you're going to see changes.įrom a strictly Twitter client point of view, the changes seem like they'll cut Twitter clients completely. This includes not just the Twitter clients that show your Twitter stream, but also apps that tap into the Twitter ecosystem like the aggregation tool Storify or the "what you did a year ago" webapp Timehop. When a new app gets more users that 100,000, it needs special permission from Twitter to continue on. Twitter has also instituted a user cap of 100,000 people for any app that uses the Twitter API, but they are giving a special allowance to any apps that already has over 100,000 users. However, in a blog post back in June, Twitter also stated that developers should not, "build client apps that mimic or reproduce the mainstream Twitter consumer client experience." Essentially, this means Twitter doesn't want people building new Twitter clients.
From a visual point of view, all Twitter apps should essentially look the same. In Twitter's new API Terms, Twitter states that Twitter clients need to keep in line with Twitter's layout rules, which require tweets to be displayed in a single way, with all their buttons in the right places. The Twitter developers who are worried about what the changes mean for their Businessĭevelopers who build Twitter clients like MetroTwit or TweetBot are the most clearly affected by Twitter's new rules. On the surface, the main goal is to keep Twitter clients consistent, and push ads equally throughout all of Twitter. For casual Twitter users, this means that Twitter controls what information apps can access on Twitter, how they access it, and how the apps shoots out the data on their ends. The crux of why people are upset with Twitter is pretty simple: Twitter is changing its Application Programming Interface (API)and closing off how third-party apps communicate with Twitter. Here are the people Twitter's changes are going to affect the most, and why they're angry about the new rules. People have different reasons for being upset with Twitter right now, and those reasons really depend on what type of Twitter user you are.
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