Twitterrific developer Craig Hockenberry calls Twitter's decision to ax APIs for third-party apps without notice a “shit show”, leaving customers in the lurch
Well, it happened. — We knew it was coming. — A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it.
furbo.org Craig Hockenberry
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Discussion
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@chockenberry@mastodon.social
Craig Hockenberry
on mastodon
You want to know how I really feel? — https://furbo.org/... P.S. That's the tame version.
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@jsnell@mastodon.social
Jason Snell
on mastodon
Steve rolls out the iPad with Twitterrific on the App Store screenshot. — Cc @chockenberry @bigzaphod @gedeonm
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@PierreLebeaupin@mastodon.gougere.fr
Pierre Lebeaupin
on mastodon
@chockenberry Your restraint reminds me of that of @bynkii when Apple pulled the plug on the Xserve... we all knew how he really wanted to express it.
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@atomicpoet@mastodon.social
Chris Trottier
on mastodon
What a lot of devs as well as creators want—just as much as an audience—is fairness. — Look at Twitter from top to bottom, what do you see? — Unfairness. — And sheer contempt seasoned with that unfairness. …
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@atomicpoet@mastodon.social
Chris Trottier
on mastodon
Because I'm getting yet another “Why do you care about Twitter” question. — 🙄 — I spent 7 years building *the* most used 3rd party Twitter client (Hootsuite). In fact, I was employee #8 at Hootsuite. …
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@Shayman@mastodon.xyz
Steve Hayman
on mastodon
@chockenberry Thank you - and I'm sorry about your mom. I hope she was proud of this thing you built that gave us all so much joy for 16 years.
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@eo_tech@mastodon.social
Eric
on mastodon
@chockenberry A universal timeline sounds incredible. I was an early Twitterrific user, and I'm grateful for your work. Sorry to hear about your Mom—I lost my Dad a year ago, and it's still *weird* sometimes to not be able to pick up the phone and call him.
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@davemark
Dave Mark
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From @Chockenberry (creator of the very first Twitter app), on the plug getting pulled on Twitterrific. An angry read. An interesting read. https://furbo.org/...
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@theglipper
Greg Lipper
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“To say that Twitter's actions are disgraceful is an understatement. Whether or not they comply with Twitter's API terms of service, the lack of any advanced notice or explanation to developers is unprofessional and an unrecoverable breach of trust...” https://www.macstories.net/…
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@tamaleaver
@tamaleaver
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Deeply disrespectful to Twitter's users, history and the third-party developers that made Twitter in to Twitter ... https://twitter.com/...
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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“What bothers me about Twitterrific's final day is that it was not dignified.” — An emotional post from the developer of Twitterific about Twitter blocking the app's API access and not even having the decency to make an official statement about it. https://furbo.org/...
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@richburroughs
@richburroughs
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I absolutely knew this would happen. If you know Twitter history the early popularity was built largely on third party apps and services. Then Twitter locked things down years ago. They had ironically just started to court third party devs again more before the sale. https://twit…
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@evacide
Eva
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Twitter has killed all of the top third-party Twitter clients. Twitterrific's Craig Hockenberry has some things to say about it: https://furbo.org/...
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@steipete
Peter Steinberger
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This is so unnecessary 😞 https://furbo.org/...
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@green_footballs
Charles Johnson
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“I guess that's what you should expect from a shitty person.” That's about the size of it. https://furbo.org/... https://twitter.com/...
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@asymco
Horace Dediu
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The Shit Show https://furbo.org/...
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@0xabad1dea
@0xabad1dea
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Tweetbot requested new API keys which were automatically granted and then manually revoked shortly after, still with no communication whatsoever. So yes, it's a personal vendetta https://tapbots.social/...
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@randfish
Rand Fishkin
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Craig Hockenberry of Twitterific's anger is fully justified https://furbo.org/... I know signing up for Mastodon can be a pain, but this invite link makes it easy: https://mastodon.social/... https://twitter.com/...