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Academics getting notices that access to Twitter API will be shut off
- mzs 4y ago>We’re being directed to the Enterprise ($$$$$) option. The only problem? Filling out their form results in an auto-reply directing researchers back to the Academic Research Program. And the contact person listed no longer works at Twitter. https://twitter.com/RebekahKTromble/status/1624174478564663296 https://twitter.com/RebekahKTromble/status/16241744785646632... edit: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/09/twitter-puts-its-developer-community-website-behind-a-login-after-announcing-new-api-pricing/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/09/twitter-puts-its-developer... BTW “low usage” tier not for research is $100/mo but no one can get clarity since the forum is now behind a login no one knows how to get an account on.
- karmakaze 4y agoAfter seeing a number of Twitter headlines, I'm sensing a pattern. One that companies like Computer Associates would use: buy a company and extract value from it until it dies. CA however did this in a profitable manner over a long period of time. Twitter seems to be running the course of being bought high, and accelerating the death spiral to extract minimal value.