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I just tried twidroyd, and my feed for the last three hours only contains these two tweets: Support: UberTwitter, twidroyd, and UberCurrent have been suspended

by colomon 16y ago

I just tried twidroyd, and my feed for the last three hours only contains these two tweets: Support: UberTwitter, twidroyd, and UberCurrent have been suspended due to policy violations. Read more here: http://t.co/HHGa9k1 http://t.co/HHGa9k1 Support: Want to keep using Twitter on your phone? Download an official Twitter client here: http://t.co/rxwSYuW http://t.co/rxwSYuW

citricsquid 16y ago
Wait, so Twitter support did that? I guess they can but it seems slightly sleezy.
- Pyrodogg 16y ago
  Yes. Apparently if you keep trying to make api calls with a banned app they keep feeding you these tweets.
- albedoa 16y ago
  Why does that seem sleazy?
  - notahacker 16y ago
    Promoting your own app to all users of a rival client you've just suspended raises a few (quite possibly unwarranted) suspicions about their motivations. If they wanted to avoid that they could have mocked up something akin to the "Browser Choice" Microsoft got pushed into offering.
    - tofumatt 16y ago
      They're offering users who probably just want to use Twitter easy/quick access to an alternative client so they can get back to tweeting. Given that the app they used to use was banned for privacy violations, the fact that it's the official app is probably a good thing in terms of trust.
      - nhangen 16y ago
        If that is the case, then why not direct them to Twitter.com?
        StavrosK 16y ago
        Because, if I wanted to use twitter.com, I wouldn't be using an app.
    - albedoa 16y ago
      Oh, I took the parent to mean that injecting messages into the stream of the suspended apps is sleazy.
- StavrosK 16y ago
  On the contrary, how would most people know if it weren't for those tweets? Granted, we were also emailed, but this seems like good sense.
  - Pyrodogg 16y ago
    You got an email? from Twitter or UberMedia? I haven't received anything from either party except these tweets. Edit: On second thought, I don't know what sort of personal communication standard I can hold UberMedia to. I don't think you actually need to register with them to use the client so they might not know who their users are to contact them. Well, apart from the 2.5 million twitter followers their account has.
    - StavrosK 16y ago
      Yep, I just got an email from Twitter a few minutes ago. The text was the one that's in the article.
    - dtran 16y ago
      I don't know the details on whether UberMedia asked for your email, but Twitter can email any Twitter account that has authorized UberTwitter regardless.
- nhangen 16y ago
  Incredibly sleazy, especially since these clients are soon to be fixed and probably brought back into the API. I'm all for enforcing a license, but I don't think that last line was necessary.

by colomon 16y ago

citricsquid 16y ago

Wait, so Twitter support did that? I guess they can but it seems slightly sleezy.

Pyrodogg 16y ago
Yes. Apparently if you keep trying to make api calls with a banned app they keep feeding you these tweets.
albedoa 16y ago
Why does that seem sleazy?
- notahacker 16y ago
  Promoting your own app to all users of a rival client you've just suspended raises a few (quite possibly unwarranted) suspicions about their motivations. If they wanted to avoid that they could have mocked up something akin to the "Browser Choice" Microsoft got pushed into offering.
  - tofumatt 16y ago
    They're offering users who probably just want to use Twitter easy/quick access to an alternative client so they can get back to tweeting. Given that the app they used to use was banned for privacy violations, the fact that it's the official app is probably a good thing in terms of trust.
    - nhangen 16y ago
      If that is the case, then why not direct them to Twitter.com?
      - StavrosK 16y ago
        Because, if I wanted to use twitter.com, I wouldn't be using an app.
  - albedoa 16y ago
    Oh, I took the parent to mean that injecting messages into the stream of the suspended apps is sleazy.
StavrosK 16y ago
On the contrary, how would most people know if it weren't for those tweets? Granted, we were also emailed, but this seems like good sense.
- Pyrodogg 16y ago
  You got an email? from Twitter or UberMedia? I haven't received anything from either party except these tweets. Edit: On second thought, I don't know what sort of personal communication standard I can hold UberMedia to. I don't think you actually need to register with them to use the client so they might not know who their users are to contact them. Well, apart from the 2.5 million twitter followers their account has.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    Yep, I just got an email from Twitter a few minutes ago. The text was the one that's in the article.
  - dtran 16y ago
    I don't know the details on whether UberMedia asked for your email, but Twitter can email any Twitter account that has authorized UberTwitter regardless.
nhangen 16y ago
Incredibly sleazy, especially since these clients are soon to be fixed and probably brought back into the API. I'm all for enforcing a license, but I don't think that last line was necessary.