Earlier this month, Twitter introduced a sequence of modifications to its API that can instantly affect how third-party platforms can entry the social community. Nevertheless, amid a lot controversy, Twitter is now delaying the modifications to its API “for a number of extra days.”
As introduced by the official Twitter Dev account, the upcoming modifications to the Twitter API have been delayed. The corporate doesn’t say when the modifications will go into impact, but it surely means that this may occur very quickly. Beforehand, the brand new guidelines had been anticipated to take impact from February 9.
Twitter then mentioned that the modifications can be delayed till February 13, however the brand new guidelines are actually being postponed once more. In keeping with Twitter, the delay is because of “efforts to create an optimum expertise for the developer group.” The corporate additionally claims that there’s an “immense quantity of enthusiasm for the upcoming modifications with Twitter API.”
What’s altering within the Twitter API?
Earlier this yr, Twitter introduced that it will not enable builders to make use of its API to create third-party shoppers for the social community. This was the top of standard apps reminiscent of Tweetbot and Twitterrific. After that, the corporate additionally revealed its plans to close down its free API, which might end in lots of good bots and automatic accounts stopping working.
Following a slew of complaints, Twitter proprietor Elon Musk mentioned the social community would then provide a “gentle, write-only API for bots offering good content material that’s free.” Nevertheless, this new free API comes with numerous limitations. For example, it solely permits 1,500 tweets monthly. Builders who want greater than this should pay no less than $100 monthly to entry the API.
Even for these paying, Twitter will nonetheless not enable builders to create third-party shoppers as up to now. It’s unclear what led Twitter to delay modifications to its API, however the unfavorable response to the newest bulletins might have pushed the corporate to take a step again.
As famous by Fortune, some volunteer builders have been utilizing Twitter’s API to get real-time assist requests from individuals affected by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. With the brand new restrictions, these builders might not have the ability to do that. Akin Unver, a professor of worldwide relations mentioned that the modifications to Twitter’s API would affect “others around the globe which are utilizing Twitter information to watch emergencies and politically contested occasions.”
The modifications to Twitter’s API come at a time when the corporate is struggling to maintain its income with a loss within the variety of advertisers. Extra not too long ago, Twitter has additionally expanded its Blue subscription to extra international locations in an try to earn extra money from its customers. We’re but to see if all the corporate’s newest selections may have a optimistic affect on its income.
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