On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter confirmed why users were unable to access Twitter using third-party apps.according to the tweet @TwitterDevthe platform is now enforcing “long-standing API rules” that prompted Twitter to sever interfacing with these third-party apps’ APIs.
what are the rules
— Marquez Brownlee (@MKBHD) January 17, 2023
Third-party apps with access to the Twitter API were first taken offline last Thursday. The Barge spoke with Tweetbot co-creator Paul Haddad.
No contact from anyone at any level yet on Twitter […] If there’s a long-standing rule that you’ve unwittingly broken over the past decade or more, you want to know what it is so you can follow it if possible. – Paul Haddad
Not all 3rd party apps are offline, so there is no clear reason as to why some apps go offline while others continue to work.
Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has been at the helm of the dramatic changes that have happened at Twitter HQ in recent months. Twitter has since gone through massive layoffs, Twitter Blue has been reinstated twice, and Musk’s own polls have voted that he should step down as Twitter’s CEO.
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