Even Mashable is broken: http://i.imgur.com/utjkzuh.png
Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
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Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#2Documented anywhere?
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#3Disappointed? Sure.
Annoyed? Perhaps.
Outraged? Over twitter canceling a free feature I never paid them to provide? Meh.
Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#4Documented anywhere?
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#5Documented anywhere?
Announced on: https://blog.twitter.com/2015/hard-decisions-for-a-sustainab...
And went live this weekend. Surprised it didn't make any headlines.
Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#6Disappointed? Sure. Annoyed? Perhaps. Outraged? Over twitter canceling a free feature I never paid them to provide? Meh.
It just came in as a total surprise for me (and I guess for Mashable too, although they did write something about it: http://mashable.com/2015/09/23/twitter-share-counts/)
Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#7Twitter announced it about 7 weeks ago, here is my post on background and links to their announcements http://buzzsumo.com/blog/twitter-share-counts-in-your-browse...
Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#8Outraged? You are outraged for something that was announced almost 2 months ago? Really? Outraged?
Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#9Yes.
Re: Ask HN: Am I the only one outraged by Twitter shutting down share counts?
#10I'm mostly confused why they said "this isn't working" and decided to just shut it down rather than fix it. Seems a little bizarre for a company that would presumably benefit from having accurate counts.