I’ve been in awe of just how poorly a partner Twitter has been toward its developers ever since it first turned on them many years ago with the api token limiti

I’ve been in awe of just how poorly a partner Twitter has been toward its developers ever since it first turned on them many years ago with the api token limiting. Consider that twitter’s blue bird mascot (that became their icon), most of their core features (dm’s @‘s etc...), and even the term “tweet” were all first hit upon and spread around by third party developers and an enthusiastic community of technorati using their clients. The debt the Twitter brand and feature set owes the developer community is larger than any other company I can think of... yet they continue to serve them up shit sandwiches, one after another. They have no shame.