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"shutting down the APIs" - you mean, requiring authentication and adding rate-limiting? which meant that we could get on top of the fail whale and control platf

"shutting down the APIs" - you mean, requiring authentication and adding rate-limiting? which meant that we could get on top of the fail whale and control platform stability? The APIs have been open and usable all the time.

dbbk 10y ago
Imposing a token limit on APIs with no recourse to lift it is effectively the same as shutting them down.
piquadrat 10y ago
Maybe he meant adding arbitrary token count limits out of the blue that forced countless 3rd party apps to close shop once they became successful? Or the fact that new features like polls are absent in the public APIs, years after they have been introduced? I'm sure you're very excited about these new APIs for #brand #engagement, but don't pretend that Twitter has been a great steward of its public API over the last few years.
- andypiper 10y ago
  I'm not pretending - I've been responsible for the public-facing APIs (since 2014). We've launched mute, accessibility text for images, multi image and video upload, etc etc. We haven't added every single feature, but we've done what we have done in a very methodical and careful way that ensures platform stability. Polls are a complicated issue because they depend on cards, which are also not currently part of the API. By publishing a roadmap for the first time, we're providing visibility into what's coming. Thanks for the feedback!
  - piquadrat 10y ago
    In retrospect, my words were probably a bit harsh, sorry about that Andy. It's never a nice feeling having one's hard work shittalked by strangers on the Internet. A roadmap is definitely highly appreciated. Something I'd love to hear from Twitter is a definitive statement on 3rd party clients: are they a welcome and supported part of the Twitter platform, or is their existence a historical accident that have no role in the strategy going forward? (I'm aware that such a statement is probably not in Twitter's interest to make, but one can have dreams, right?)

dbbk 10y ago

Imposing a token limit on APIs with no recourse to lift it is effectively the same as shutting them down.

piquadrat 10y ago

Maybe he meant adding arbitrary token count limits out of the blue that forced countless 3rd party apps to close shop once they became successful? Or the fact that new features like polls are absent in the public APIs, years after they have been introduced? I'm sure you're very excited about these new APIs for #brand #engagement, but don't pretend that Twitter has been a great steward of its public API over the last few years.

andypiper 10y ago
I'm not pretending - I've been responsible for the public-facing APIs (since 2014). We've launched mute, accessibility text for images, multi image and video upload, etc etc. We haven't added every single feature, but we've done what we have done in a very methodical and careful way that ensures platform stability. Polls are a complicated issue because they depend on cards, which are also not currently part of the API. By publishing a roadmap for the first time, we're providing visibility into what's coming. Thanks for the feedback!
- piquadrat 10y ago
  In retrospect, my words were probably a bit harsh, sorry about that Andy. It's never a nice feeling having one's hard work shittalked by strangers on the Internet. A roadmap is definitely highly appreciated. Something I'd love to hear from Twitter is a definitive statement on 3rd party clients: are they a welcome and supported part of the Twitter platform, or is their existence a historical accident that have no role in the strategy going forward? (I'm aware that such a statement is probably not in Twitter's interest to make, but one can have dreams, right?)