Twitter is planning to block access for third party developers, which
run on the micro blogging platform, but do not make any money for it.
This means that parody sites and apps that run on the social networking site will soon disappear.
Now, Twitter will only issue a ‘sign in’ button to websites and apps
that are paying to use its data.
According to News.com.au, unauthorised and unauthenticated posts won't any longer be allowed on the site.
The developer of parody site, Klouchebag, Tom Scott told News Ltd
that commercialising how people connect to Twitter may make good
business sense, but blocking of the developers and apps that helped to
boost its popularity was a betrayal.
“Coming from a company that used to thrive on openness, and whose
initial push to success was by the techies who built interesting, small
projects, it just seems rude", the report quoted Scott, as saying.
Klouchebag is a popular website
Comments