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Article was recently updated: After publication of this article, Laura Covington, a Foursquare spokeswoman, said in statement: “This is a violation of our API p
by jsm386 15y ago
Article was recently updated:
After publication of this article, Laura Covington, a Foursquare spokeswoman, said in statement: “This is a violation of our API policy, so we’ve reached out to the developer and shut off their API access.”
- rdtsc 15y ago> we’ve reached out to the developer and shut off their API access That's sounds so ... I don't know ... PR-ish and passive aggressive. I always thought "to reach out" means an attempt to help. In other words the one reaching out has good intentions and intends to help the other party. So in this instance, it is like saying "the police reached out to the family, killed their dog and arrested everyone".
- Joeboy 15y agoIt's absolutely PR-ish, and it's a bit annoying that the update could leave the naive reader with the impression that everything's been fixed when actually what's happened is that the visibility of the problem has been removed. So far I've only once been threatened with being "reached out" to, by Oracle after I tried to ask them about one of their products. I found the expression vaguely sinister and was kind of relieved that they never actually got in touch.
- zerostar07 15y agoCurious to find out in which way this app was breaking their API policy.