> I know that the term beta has been somewhat warped... "Somewhat warped"? Try "has warped completely." Gmail still has the word "beta" on its logo, what, five

> I know that the term beta has been somewhat warped... "Somewhat warped"? Try "has warped completely." Gmail still has the word "beta" on its logo, what, five years later? These days, "beta" implies a service that should function dependably, a few kinks aside. "Alpha" is a much better choice to describe an API that is truly unstable or subject to drastic changes without notice. Your point is taken that it's a developer's problem if they chose to rely on a Twitter API, but I think it is absolutely appropriate for developers to be up in arms about the issue and for Twitter to be called out for it.