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Not quite. Have we already forgotten how Twitter closed-off most third-party clients a few years ago, that were innovating on top of Twitter? http://www.thever

by mtgx 10y ago

Not quite. Have we already forgotten how Twitter closed-off most third-party clients a few years ago, that were innovating on top of Twitter? http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/9/3135406/twitter-api-open-closed-facebook-walled-garden http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/9/3135406/twitter-api-open-cl...

azinman2 10y ago
More importantly twitter profiles are public by default. That's not true for most social media.
- onli 10y ago
  In my opinion that's not more important. Also because they contains almost no information.
- meira 10y ago
  More importantly to who? To me and all developers that I know, this isn't the most important. A good and reliable API is.
  - pessimizer 10y ago
    More important to everyone but developers?
    - azinman2 10y ago
      Or even developers if you like data.
- chimeracoder 10y ago
  > More importantly twitter profiles are public by default. That's not true for most social media. Maybe, but now logged-out users (or users without an account) cannot see more than the last few tweets on an account. Twitter is a lot less open than it was two or three years ago, and while it's more public-by-default than Facebook, it's less public-by-default than Blogger was.
  - ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
    Wait, what? I don't have a Twitter account, but still follow several people's Twitter feeds. I've never had a problem seeing their full timeline.
    - chimeracoder 10y ago
      Maybe they've changed it, or maybe it's for certain accounts, but I've definitely seen "Log in to view more" when scrolling down.
      - pessimizer 10y ago
        I've never had a Twitter account, and I've never seen that.
        jessaustin 10y ago
        Maybe scroll down a bit further?
        ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
        I'm able to view mobile.twitter.com/joshtpm in desktop Safari, and without an account view at least his previous week's posts not logged in.
        pessimizer 10y ago
        I've gone back months/years on some accounts, on some lazy days. Maybe it's a desktop/mobile client thing; I'm not a twitter user, so I don't use twitter on my phone.

by mtgx 10y ago

azinman2 10y ago

More importantly twitter profiles are public by default. That's not true for most social media.

onli 10y ago
In my opinion that's not more important. Also because they contains almost no information.
meira 10y ago
More importantly to who? To me and all developers that I know, this isn't the most important. A good and reliable API is.
- pessimizer 10y ago
  More important to everyone but developers?
  - azinman2 10y ago
    Or even developers if you like data.
chimeracoder 10y ago
> More importantly twitter profiles are public by default. That's not true for most social media. Maybe, but now logged-out users (or users without an account) cannot see more than the last few tweets on an account. Twitter is a lot less open than it was two or three years ago, and while it's more public-by-default than Facebook, it's less public-by-default than Blogger was.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
  Wait, what? I don't have a Twitter account, but still follow several people's Twitter feeds. I've never had a problem seeing their full timeline.
  - chimeracoder 10y ago
    Maybe they've changed it, or maybe it's for certain accounts, but I've definitely seen "Log in to view more" when scrolling down.
    - pessimizer 10y ago
      I've never had a Twitter account, and I've never seen that.
      - jessaustin 10y ago
        Maybe scroll down a bit further?
        ZanyProgrammer 10y ago
        I'm able to view mobile.twitter.com/joshtpm in desktop Safari, and without an account view at least his previous week's posts not logged in.
        pessimizer 10y ago
        I've gone back months/years on some accounts, on some lazy days. Maybe it's a desktop/mobile client thing; I'm not a twitter user, so I don't use twitter on my phone.