kawk Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 (edited) The past several weeks since Elon Musk’s takeover have seen Twitter in turmoil as rapid changes hit the platform, and tonight it appears something is going on with the Twitter API as Tweetbot and many third-party Twitter clients are down. Around 11pm ET this evening, many Twitter users noticed that third-party clients were throwing back error messages related to the Twitter API. This widespread outage is occurring across all third-party apps including Twitterrific, Fenix, Talon, and many others on both Android and iOS, as well as macOS. Tweetbot is also affected by the API outage, but Tweetdeck, thankfully, appears unaffected. Whether this is a temporary outage or an intentional decision by Twitter remains to be seen, as the company has issued no official explanation at this time. it does stand to reason, though, that it is possible Twitter may be killing off third-party clients. These clients generally do not bring any ad revenue for the platform, something that Musk has made clear is a priority in his tenure so far. Just this week a report from The Information revealed desperate measures to keep ad buyers on board, and many Twitter users have noted major increases in the number of ads and frequency of ads seen on the platform. Twitter also recently forced users on iOSto view the “For You” tab by default rather than the “Following” tab that actually shows what accounts they are following. I HATE HIM. https://9to5google.com/2023/01/12/twitter-api-appears-to-be-down-breaking-tweetbot-and-third-party-clients/ Edited January 13, 2023 by kawk
Sesame Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 There’s literally no way in hell this was intentional. If so he’s just cutting off additional revenue for his platform.
Alldeezy Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 He gotta stop ruining twitter, I swear if my follow from my fave is for nothing I'm gonna cry.
Zoomer Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 Title is misleading. It’s still unclear whether it’s an error or Elon intentionally took the action.
Arthoe Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 LMAO he's like ASKING for corporations to leave twitter now.
Blue Monday Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 Whether it’s intentional or not, Twitter is on its way out
Pop Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 The way he is making thousands more Obsessed Elon Haters with each decision and tweet. A dream!
liver Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 yall sound like you're in love with this man, this obsession can't be healthy
harwee Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 he's getting trolled by his employees, he's gonna fire them all, then rinse and repeat
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