Several hundred more Twitter staffers quit after the tech mogul demanded that they pledge to “extremely hardcore” working conditions. Musk, trying to rein in costs amid a widespread freeze of advertiser spending on Twitter, fired half of the company’s approximately 7,500 employees one week after the deal closed.
Unfortunately I don’t have many contacts at Twitter anymore so doubt I’ll get any kind of definitive answer soon.”Īs of December, Twitter’s headcount had dropped by nearly 75% since Musk took over. THIS WAS ALSO A DEAL KILLER FOR ME (Twitter App & Echofon do landscape. In a post on social service Mastadon, which has seen a surge in new users since Musk took over Twitter, Tapbots co-founder Paul Haddad wrote, “I’m hoping that whatever is going on at Twitter is just some automated spam protection bot that is incorrectly suspending proper apps, or something similar. While you can segregate contacts within different contact folders inside the.
third party Twitter applications UberSocial, Echofon and Plume. “Sure is looking like Elon shut off all the third-party twitter apps,” tweeted screenwriter and author Gary Whitta. UberMedia, is a leading independent developer of feature-rich mobile applications and. Some Twitter users speculated that Musk, who bought the company last fall in a $44 billion deal, is seeking to kill off third-party apps so that Twitter can better monetize activity on its own platforms. “We’re hoping this is just a temporary glitch and will let you know more as soon as we know more.” We’ve reached out to Twitter for more details, but haven’t heard back,” the company said in a tweet. “Tweetbot and other clients are experiencing problems logging in to Twitter. Tapbot’s Tweetbot account also reported issues. Please stay tuned and apologies.” The company noted that the macOS version of the Twitterrific app remains functional. “We don’t yet know what the root cause is, but we’re trying to find out. You can contact this reporter on Signal and WhatsApp at +91 81 or email.“We’re aware that Twitterrific is having problems communicating with Twitter,” the Iconfactory, developer of Twitterrific, tweeted Thursday evening. While Twitter hasn’t communicated anything about the issue, the TwitterDev account said last month that the company “will continue to invest in our Developer Platform, especially our Twitter API.”Įarlier this week, Twitter decided to make the algorithmic timeline - named “For You” - the default feed on iOS. Last month, the company’s former head of developer platforms, Amir Shevat, wrote for TechCrunch that the new management broke the trust of developers. Third-party developers have been cautious about their development plans around Twitter as the company hasn’t communicated its plans for the ecosystem. Since Elon Musk’s takeover, Twitter has killed many developer programs, including Twitter Toolbox for app discovery. So the only way to access Twitter is through the official client or the website.Ī post on Twitter’s developer forum said that on the developer portal, these apps show up as “Suspended.” Naan Studio has announced the launch of Echofon for Android, making it the second platform the app has arrived on after iOS. It’s not clear if this is a step to thwart access to the platform.Īpart from the above-mentioned apps, users complained about being unable to access Twitter from clients like Fenix, Twitpane, Feather and Talon. It’s likely that Twitter made some changes to its API for third-party clients that resulted in these apps breaking down. He also mentioned that all API requests from the apps are failing. In an email response to TechCrunch, Haddad said the issue started around 7:30 PM PT today.
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