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Sorry Twitter, but Fuck You. You went from being useless to useful then back to useless. I had set up 10 different actions using the Twitter IFTTT interaction.

Sorry Twitter, but Fuck You. You went from being useless to useful then back to useless. I had set up 10 different actions using the Twitter IFTTT interaction. These actions specifically notify me of emergency alerts and breaking news through the Pushover Channel. I have alerts for breaking news from local media, I have emergency alerts from my university campus, and I have emergency weather/safety-related alerts. Without much technical knowledge, I know of no easier way to receive these alerts, since they are being posted specifically to Twitter. I didn't care too much about the restrictions on 3rd party clients. But this is directly influencing how I perceive my personal safety in this tech-filled world. As soon as we convinced people to post important messages to twitter, we remove the ability to notify ourselves of them? That's malicious.

ghshephard 14y ago
But, you realized this would be the case when Twitter introduced it's new API restrictions recently, right? I'm not sure why the angst now - the big deal was a month or so ago when Twitter made clear what direction they were taking their API. This is just the implementation of that policy change.
- fudged71 14y ago
  I browsed the restrictions and sort of understood how they changed the game for 3rd party clients, but this is something different, isn't it? Obviously Twitter is still benefitting from IFTTT publishing to their platform. It would then be a mutually beneficial relationship, then, when IFTTT benefits from Twitter's platform. Twitter is a leech.
  - flexxaeon 14y ago
    It's not that IFTTT violates their terms directly, but twitter triggers give IFTTT users the tools to violate the terms.
MatthewPhillips 14y ago
I sympathize with how this inconveniences you and you make some excellent points about emergency information being trapped with inside Twitter... but from their perspective you're just not an engaged enough user. You should have your nose in your Twitter stream all the time so you don't miss these kinds of important tweets (or tweets from sponsors about the new Ford Focus). That people can consume content without consuming it from them is exactly what they want to avoid.
- 001sky 14y ago
  You should have your nose in your Twitter stream all the time so you don't miss these kinds of important tweets -- Signal to noise ratio. Needed in any emergency. But this in conflict with Twitter's biz model/direction. That's the problem. This is a negative, step back for a use of the service more valuable to society. The "eyballs" to sell "stuff" biz model is not a great contributor to civiliation. Arguably, twitter has more potential.
bane 14y ago
if only there was some kind of real simple syndication technology one could subscribe to that wasn't rapidly falling out of fashion...
- wmf 14y ago
  Twitter is also removing RSS feeds and many people now only post to Twitter instead of blogging.

ghshephard 14y ago

But, you realized this would be the case when Twitter introduced it's new API restrictions recently, right? I'm not sure why the angst now - the big deal was a month or so ago when Twitter made clear what direction they were taking their API. This is just the implementation of that policy change.

fudged71 14y ago
I browsed the restrictions and sort of understood how they changed the game for 3rd party clients, but this is something different, isn't it? Obviously Twitter is still benefitting from IFTTT publishing to their platform. It would then be a mutually beneficial relationship, then, when IFTTT benefits from Twitter's platform. Twitter is a leech.
- flexxaeon 14y ago
  It's not that IFTTT violates their terms directly, but twitter triggers give IFTTT users the tools to violate the terms.

MatthewPhillips 14y ago

I sympathize with how this inconveniences you and you make some excellent points about emergency information being trapped with inside Twitter... but from their perspective you're just not an engaged enough user. You should have your nose in your Twitter stream all the time so you don't miss these kinds of important tweets (or tweets from sponsors about the new Ford Focus). That people can consume content without consuming it from them is exactly what they want to avoid.

001sky 14y ago
You should have your nose in your Twitter stream all the time so you don't miss these kinds of important tweets -- Signal to noise ratio. Needed in any emergency. But this in conflict with Twitter's biz model/direction. That's the problem. This is a negative, step back for a use of the service more valuable to society. The "eyballs" to sell "stuff" biz model is not a great contributor to civiliation. Arguably, twitter has more potential.

bane 14y ago

if only there was some kind of real simple syndication technology one could subscribe to that wasn't rapidly falling out of fashion...

wmf 14y ago
Twitter is also removing RSS feeds and many people now only post to Twitter instead of blogging.