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I bet there are people who make Twitter applications for a living. How is he damaging.

samwillis 4y ago
Oh sure, I feel incredibly sorry for small business and indi-developers who may loose their income from this. I hope they have contingency plans for this eventuality and have started to diversify. There is also a whole ecosystem of "publisher" apps like Buffer and Typefully that haven't been blocked yet, if I was them I would be very worried right now.
- nigamanth 4y ago
  Twitter should've announced this, giving developers time to switch.
  - onion2k 4y ago
    You can't announce anything if you've fired the comms team.
    - jsjohnst 4y ago
      > You can't announce anything if you've fired the comms team. Elon fired the Tesla PR team and yet announcements still are made, usually as Tweets from him. It sucks, but a comms team isn’t necessary assuming you are ok with substandard communication.
      - onion2k 4y ago
        and yet announcements still are made Elon's tweets aren't the same as announcements from Twitter. He tweets as an individual. Twitter, the company, is a blackhole as far as comms goes. There is no news in any official capacity from the company any more.
        kalleboo 4y ago
        The @TwitterSupport account occasionally posts news announcements
        jsjohnst 4y ago
        > Elon's tweets aren't the same as announcements from Twitter. I’m not saying it’s sane, but in his eyes, yes they are, just like his tweets about Tesla.
        93po 4y ago
        Sure, no news in any official capacity if you ignore https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgJP https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgJP https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgUK https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgUK https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgKR https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgKR https://twitter.com/TwitterEng https://twitter.com/TwitterEng https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport https://twitter.com/TwitterBusiness https://twitter.com/TwitterBusiness https://twitter.com/CommunityNotes https://twitter.com/CommunityNotes https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgDACH https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgDACH https://twitter.com/Policy https://twitter.com/Policy https://twitter.com/twitter https://twitter.com/twitter I don't understand why you'd make up a claim like this that's easily disproven.
        dgdosen 4y ago
        So what is Twitter's response to the issue? Surely one of those accounts has addressed it... I can't seem to find it.
        93po 4y ago
        Moving the goalpost.
coldpie 4y ago
I paid for Tweetbot on iOS for a few years. Canceled that sub when I closed my Twitter account a month or two ago. Sorry Tweetbot devs.

Oh sure, I feel incredibly sorry for small business and indi-developers who may loose their income from this. I hope they have contingency plans for this eventuality and have started to diversify. There is also a whole ecosystem of "publisher" apps like Buffer and Typefully that haven't been blocked yet, if I was them I would be very worried right now.

nigamanth 4y ago
Twitter should've announced this, giving developers time to switch.
- onion2k 4y ago
  You can't announce anything if you've fired the comms team.
  - jsjohnst 4y ago
    > You can't announce anything if you've fired the comms team. Elon fired the Tesla PR team and yet announcements still are made, usually as Tweets from him. It sucks, but a comms team isn’t necessary assuming you are ok with substandard communication.
    - onion2k 4y ago
      and yet announcements still are made Elon's tweets aren't the same as announcements from Twitter. He tweets as an individual. Twitter, the company, is a blackhole as far as comms goes. There is no news in any official capacity from the company any more.
      - kalleboo 4y ago
        The @TwitterSupport account occasionally posts news announcements
      - jsjohnst 4y ago
        > Elon's tweets aren't the same as announcements from Twitter. I’m not saying it’s sane, but in his eyes, yes they are, just like his tweets about Tesla.
      - 93po 4y ago
        Sure, no news in any official capacity if you ignore https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgJP https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgJP https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgUK https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgUK https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgKR https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgKR https://twitter.com/TwitterEng https://twitter.com/TwitterEng https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport https://twitter.com/TwitterBusiness https://twitter.com/TwitterBusiness https://twitter.com/CommunityNotes https://twitter.com/CommunityNotes https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgDACH https://twitter.com/TwitterMktgDACH https://twitter.com/Policy https://twitter.com/Policy https://twitter.com/twitter https://twitter.com/twitter I don't understand why you'd make up a claim like this that's easily disproven.
        dgdosen 4y ago
        So what is Twitter's response to the issue? Surely one of those accounts has addressed it... I can't seem to find it.
        93po 4y ago
        Moving the goalpost.

coldpie 4y ago

I paid for Tweetbot on iOS for a few years. Canceled that sub when I closed my Twitter account a month or two ago. Sorry Tweetbot devs.