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Another short-sighted and bizarre move by a bizarre. fragile, little man. The number of users on third-party clients could not have been significant enough to

Another short-sighted and bizarre move by a bizarre. fragile, little man. The number of users on third-party clients could not have been significant enough to justify this. At very least, the developers could have been given some notice or an ounce of respect about API access being phased out. Not to mention third-party client users are mostly power users who are responsible for a lot of the content on Twitter that the rest consume. On the bright side, Mastodon has been gaining traction and can't be dismissed anymore. I'm actually using it more than Twitter now. Fantastic clients are coming out like Tapbot's own Ivory and IceCubes, and it's exciting to see what developers can and will do without the confines of Twitter. I'm optimistic this will turn out to be a very good thing for everyone but Twitter and Elon.

throwaway092345 4y ago
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- slater 4y ago
  "Yet you participate in society! Curious!"
  - brazzledazzle 4y ago
    For the uninitiated: https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/
- jjulius 4y ago
  "Don't criticize if you can't do better," is never a good take.
  - sosodev 4y ago
    Do you think so? Sure, it's usually a dismissive remark but criticism is usually equally low effort. I believe our world would be better off if the millions of critics actually tried to do better than the things they criticize. The vast majority of them would fail but would likely learn to be more understanding. The few that succeed would probably make something that is actually better than the competition!
    - jjulius 4y ago
      Generally speaking, it's OK to see a fault and not always have an answer for how to fix it, or to not be the one who's capable of fixing it.
  - throwaway092345 4y ago
    That's not the point at all. Regarding the personal attack - is Zuckerberg also a "bizarre, fragile, little man" since Instagram doesn't allow 3rd party clients? Regarding the validity of this move by Twitter - a private company is making changes which they believe are in line with their business goals. Who cares? Why get so riled up about it?
    - jjulius 4y ago
      >... a private company is making changes which they believe are in line with their business goals. Who cares? Why get so riled up about it? Someone you don't know doesn't like a move that a private company made, or it's CEO. Who cares? Why get so riled up about it?
      - throwaway092345 4y ago
        So we are in agreement about the OP, glad we found some common ground :)
        jjulius 4y ago
        Thank you for putting words in my mouth. Your inability to have a constructive, healthy conversation throughout this thread demonstrates why you've chosen a throwaway account for this. Enjoy your weekend.
  - peanuty1 4y ago
    "It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX." - Paul Graham https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1592852796185128961 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1592852796185128961
    - jjulius 4y ago
      It's remarkable how tone deaf one (Graham) can be. The crux of my comment remains the same - people are perfectly free to criticize a decision they disagree with, even if they don't run a company. Many people doing the criticizing are Twitter users themselves, the very people impacted by Musks's decisions. They have every right to be unhappy with a decision he makes that impacts how they use the product.
- drcongo 4y ago
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- wnevets 4y ago
  >If it truly is such a blunder of a move, build your own Twitter-like service and allow API access for 3rd party clients. You'll dominate Twitter in no time! it already exist, its called Mastodon.
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rtkwe 4y ago
Giving people time would have given time for pressure to actually change the outcome on top of actually requiring planning which doesn't seem to be Musk's forte when it comes to Twitter decisions. The bid more and more seems to have been weird tech bro shitposting that somehow ended in him signing a hilariously one sided contract that's come to this.
- bredren 4y ago
  It also would have given the devs more time to build and migrate users to clients supporting Mastodon.

throwaway092345 4y ago

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slater 4y ago
"Yet you participate in society! Curious!"
- brazzledazzle 4y ago
  For the uninitiated: https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/
jjulius 4y ago
"Don't criticize if you can't do better," is never a good take.
- sosodev 4y ago
  Do you think so? Sure, it's usually a dismissive remark but criticism is usually equally low effort. I believe our world would be better off if the millions of critics actually tried to do better than the things they criticize. The vast majority of them would fail but would likely learn to be more understanding. The few that succeed would probably make something that is actually better than the competition!
  - jjulius 4y ago
    Generally speaking, it's OK to see a fault and not always have an answer for how to fix it, or to not be the one who's capable of fixing it.
- throwaway092345 4y ago
  That's not the point at all. Regarding the personal attack - is Zuckerberg also a "bizarre, fragile, little man" since Instagram doesn't allow 3rd party clients? Regarding the validity of this move by Twitter - a private company is making changes which they believe are in line with their business goals. Who cares? Why get so riled up about it?
  - jjulius 4y ago
    >... a private company is making changes which they believe are in line with their business goals. Who cares? Why get so riled up about it? Someone you don't know doesn't like a move that a private company made, or it's CEO. Who cares? Why get so riled up about it?
    - throwaway092345 4y ago
      So we are in agreement about the OP, glad we found some common ground :)
      - jjulius 4y ago
        Thank you for putting words in my mouth. Your inability to have a constructive, healthy conversation throughout this thread demonstrates why you've chosen a throwaway account for this. Enjoy your weekend.
- peanuty1 4y ago
  "It's remarkable how many people who've never run any kind of company think they know how to run a tech company better than someone who's run Tesla and SpaceX." - Paul Graham https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1592852796185128961 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1592852796185128961
  - jjulius 4y ago
    It's remarkable how tone deaf one (Graham) can be. The crux of my comment remains the same - people are perfectly free to criticize a decision they disagree with, even if they don't run a company. Many people doing the criticizing are Twitter users themselves, the very people impacted by Musks's decisions. They have every right to be unhappy with a decision he makes that impacts how they use the product.
drcongo 4y ago
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- throwaway092345 4y ago
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wnevets 4y ago
>If it truly is such a blunder of a move, build your own Twitter-like service and allow API access for 3rd party clients. You'll dominate Twitter in no time! it already exist, its called Mastodon.

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rtkwe 4y ago

Giving people time would have given time for pressure to actually change the outcome on top of actually requiring planning which doesn't seem to be Musk's forte when it comes to Twitter decisions. The bid more and more seems to have been weird tech bro shitposting that somehow ended in him signing a hilariously one sided contract that's come to this.

bredren 4y ago
It also would have given the devs more time to build and migrate users to clients supporting Mastodon.