What's going on with the Twitter API?

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5/5
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10/100
Issue type
Documentation
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Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
api

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Start by reviewing the linked MacRumors report and @dariusk's suggestions about Twitter's API changes. The issue does not identify files, tests, or a concrete repository change; it would be complete only after the requested information or an agreed scope for documenting the impact is established.

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Description

I'm very confused by what Twitter is doing with their API. Concerned with how it might impact my apps, including Radio3 and Little Outliner.

For background, here's a report on an announcement by Twitter on Mac OS Rumors.

From over the weekend, @dariusk wrote up a bunch of suggestions for Twitter. They're more like desperate pleas for clemency.

What's going on at Twitter? Why do they care about squeezing money from app devs. Things are finally starting to go well for Twitter, and now they want to create controversy about their API of all things? I would think they would want to lay low after all the grief Facebook is dealing with now re their API.

If you have any info to share, esp statements from people at Twitter, please post a comment below.

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