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I operate an open source standard called Shareable Tweets http://2fb.me http://2fb.me A service designed to get tweets to a larger audience. But Twitter banned

by egfx 7y ago

I operate an open source standard called Shareable Tweets http://2fb.me http://2fb.me A service designed to get tweets to a larger audience. But Twitter banned the account that was working to put this standard into practice @shareU Ironically Twitter has been, historically; the most restrictive force in social media.

schmichael 7y ago
MCC did a great job bringing up Twitter's awful record on open APIs in a reply: https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/1204807272226082817 https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/1204807272226082817 While I'm all for open standards and protocols, Twitter has proven itself hostile to 3rd party developers. Even if their proposals are good Twitter has a long way to go to prove themselves trustworthy participants in open networks.
- egfx 7y ago
  Yes exactly, instead of being open they’ve consistently shut the doors. You have no idea the lengths I’ve been through to keep that service up. In fact the technology decisions by the guy charged with leading this effort (CTO) have been more restrictive as of late not less. For example the web UI is now totally obfuscated server rendered code in effect nullifying any chrome extension that wants to work on top of it. If anyone is interested I wrote a piece about democratizing social media https://medium.com/@shareU/we-built-this-city-2cb97437942f https://medium.com/@shareU/we-built-this-city-2cb97437942f