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LokiSnake on May 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Twitter’s Shit Sandwich

So pretty much a shit sandwich from Twitter. The thing is Twitter probably would not have been nearly as successful without all the 3rd party mobile apps, and now Twitter is screwing with the people that contributed to Twitter's own success.

ceejayoz on May 19, 2011 [–]

Essentially, Twitter's API is starting to look like it was secretly an on spec contest to build their official client.

LokiSnake on May 19, 2011 | [–]

I wouldn't even call it that. They bought out Tweetie and made that their official client, then proceed to make it a pain in the ass for all other Twitter apps.

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