I think everyone outside of Twitter is pretty much still in the dark on how this will turn out. It seems to be evolving as we approach 2/9, which is similar to

I think everyone outside of Twitter is pretty much still in the dark on how this will turn out. It seems to be evolving as we approach 2/9, which is similar to how other policies have come about. To me, it looks like the strategy is to make newsworthy announcements that receive a lot of attention, a large part of that being feedback that they use to tweak the policy. From what I can tell, their goals are a combination of attempting to make the company more profitable and solve the bad bot problem. e.g. When someone must submit their credit card and identity, it's harder and more expensive to create too many API project accounts that circumvent moderation. It seems like the 2/9 date is unrealistic because the developer site still doesn't offer the upgrade and a lot of companies won't be able to react to the change that quick.