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Re: Twitter responds to IFFFT

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Post by 001sky »

MichaelApproved wrote: post #17
gms wrote: post #15

Why do people consider it a right to have constant access to a Twitter API? Twitter is a private, for-profit company, not a charity, no?

Even a charity has the right to do what they want (sans contracts). The outrage is because they changed their possession and it's serving as a warning to other developers who are interested in developing on their platform. It's important to point out when a business is hostile or friendly to API developers so they'll know if it's worth their time to develop a product based on said API.

The answer lies somewhere between http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold-up_problem.

Re: Twitter responds to IFFFT

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Post by Dylan16807 »

MartinCron wrote: post #24
twittersd1ck wrote: post #18

First, he said he didn’t want to be “flip.” Wow, a dick and a racist. Could Twitters' leadership get any worse?

I'm legitimately curious, what way do you think that "flip" is racist? Are you joking, or just not aware of the etymology?

Considering the username and that this is their only comment...

Re: Twitter responds to IFFFT

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Post by kolektiv »

It feels like a fairly passive aggressive message. Kicking off with a "blame the victim" jibe in the homework line (I'm not commenting on whether they are actually the victims here, merely the phrasing), it strikes an initial tone of "this is their fault, not ours".

Moving on to an entirely disingenuous non-apology ("i'm sorry you were offended" vs. "i'm sorry I offended you"), it doesn't get much better. Then on to an appeal to authority - we tried it with other developers and they didn't care at all.

The thing is, I can't criticise from a business level. I have no idea what their internal world looks like (we can all have our own guesses). But the message is inept at best. The upshot is that it's hard to imagine anyone building something (innovative or not) on the Twitter platform. If it's within the TOCs today, would this message give you confidence that it will be next week?

By attempting to kick out half of your hangers on, you end up kicking out all of your hangers on. Seems like a lesson worth heeding for giants and hangers on alike.

Re: Twitter responds to IFFFT

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Post by MartinCron »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #26
MartinCron wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm legitimately curious, what way do you think that "flip" is racist? Are you joking, or just not aware of the etymology?

Considering the username and that this is their only comment...

Yeah, I should have known better. My mistake.

Re: Twitter responds to IFFFT

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Post by twittersd1ck »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #26
MartinCron wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm legitimately curious, what way do you think that "flip" is racist? Are you joking, or just not aware of the etymology?

Considering the username and that this is their only comment...

ding ding ding! we have a winner.

i do think he's a dick, though, for more than just his name.

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