Many third-party apps on Twitter were shut down on Friday, preventing users from accessing their accounts. At first glance, this error appeared to be the cause of a bug, but given the radio silence from Twitter, doubts were raised.
Many people in the community have speculated that it could be a problem with the API interface or that the company is restricting access to larger customers.
Usually the company communicates with them. But the only information shared this weekend by Elon Musk’s new management concerned only the recent launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket, boosting transparency on Twitter with the platform’s referral code.
In short, nothing about decommissioned third-party apps.
Internal posts on Twitter suggested the shutdown of some third-party customers was a corporate decision rather than a mistake, The Information reported over the weekend. According to the report, a project manager told the product team that the company had “started work on the communication,” but without giving an official timeline.
From there, frustration began to rain down on the tweet network. Developers even considered removing or terminating their apps from the platform.
Some have tried unsuccessfully to bypass app blocking by changing their coding.
The dissatisfaction among users who have subscribed to paid applications is even clearer.
In short, all the work of the former administration to develop and diversify the platform from the applications seems to have been reduced to zero given the lack of interest from the new management.
This questionable suspension of third-party customers on Twitter without any communication will not inspire trust in the community on TechCrunch, according to former head of Twitter development platforms, Amir Shevat.