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> The FAQ on Twitter's dev site says that, "As of March 12, 2012 there is no Advertising API for serving Twitter's promoted products in third party applications
by rpicard 14y ago
> The FAQ on Twitter's dev site says that, "As of March 12, 2012 there is no Advertising API for serving Twitter's promoted products in third party applications." Which means the promoted tweets ought to appear in any timeline that uses the API.
I don't see how the conclusion that tweets ought to appear in any timeline that uses the API follows. That they don't have an API for third-party applications doesn't mean they don't have one for their own applications. In fact, I'd say that it implies the existence of an internal API for serving promoted tweets. The FAQ seems to be accurate, and not at all misleading from where I'm standing. I don't really see how this is an advertising mystery.
That said, the process of investigating the matter was very interesting.
- noahr 14y agoIn this article he is reverse-engineering official Twitter apps. So there is an inconsistency even within Twitter's use of its own APIs. That, to me, is the mystery. Also, I don't see how that statement implies the existence of something that no one has ever said existed. If the government says there are no aliens at Area 51 does that imply aliens do in fact exist at some other secret location? Uh-oh, maybe that was a bad example!
- rpicard 14y agoThe statement was that there is no API for promoted tweets for third-party apps. If Twitter has promoted tweets, they have to get them from somewhere. That implies that there is an internal API where they get promoted tweets. I think I may be missing the point of the article, because it really didn't make much sense to me.