Comments on: Twitter Biting The Hand That Feeds It http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/ Where programming, the internet and social media collide. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:50:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Twitter Biting The Hand That Feeds It | Regular Geek [regulargeek.com] on Topsy.com http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Twitter Trackbacks for Twitter Biting The Hand That Feeds It | Regular Geek [regulargeek.com] on Topsy.com Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:21:37 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2824 [...] Twitter Biting The Hand That Feeds It | Regular Geek regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it – view page – cached Twitter has obviously decided that the people who made their service popular are not that important to them. For quite some time, Twitter seemed to be catering to developers with a fairly good API that many used to build third party clients. However, they have continued to limit what the developers can do, with the latest incident being the daily follower limit. — From the page [...] [...] Twitter Biting The Hand That Feeds It | Regular Geek regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it – view page – cached Twitter has obviously decided that the people who made their service popular are not that important to them. For quite some time, Twitter seemed to be catering to developers with a fairly good API that many used to build third party clients. However, they have continued to limit what the developers can do, with the latest incident being the daily follower limit. — From the page [...]

]]> By: Eric Matas http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Eric Matas Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:23:24 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2177 Posted on Social Median: Part of the thrill of Twitter right now is its mega growth with media hype and celebrity action. But it is still figuring itself out with limited employees. So simple customer service questions take months to answer...relationships suffer...while we wait for Google to buy or Twitter to monetize. And for someone to care about the users and partners. Customer Service and Partner Relations grades: F- and F. No love from Twitter right now -- but check them out on Oprah! http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20090417-tows-ashton-kutcher-twitter/6 Posted on Social Median:

Part of the thrill of Twitter right now is its mega growth with media hype and celebrity action. But it is still figuring itself out with limited employees.

So simple customer service questions take months to answer…relationships suffer…while we wait for Google to buy or Twitter to monetize. And for someone to care about the users and partners. Customer Service and Partner Relations grades: F- and F.

No love from Twitter right now — but check them out on Oprah! http://www.oprah.com/article/o.....-twitter/6

]]> By: @hallublin RE: regulargeek.com part of the problem is devs trying to turn Twitter into an electronic version of direct mail - Twitoaster http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2174 @hallublin RE: regulargeek.com part of the problem is devs trying to turn Twitter into an electronic version of direct mail - Twitoaster Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:57:50 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2174 [...] minutes ago @hallublin RE: http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitte... part of the problem is devs trying to turn Twitter into an electronic version of direct mail. [...] [...] minutes ago @hallublin RE: http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitte... part of the problem is devs trying to turn Twitter into an electronic version of direct mail. [...]

]]> By: robdiana http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 robdiana Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:37:30 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2172 Matt Generally, I agree that building a business on top of another service is risky. However, having an API open for so long made them somewhat dependent on third party developers for their popularity. It is more of a shame that all of these interesting services that have been built may get shut down due to the various restrictions. Matt

Generally, I agree that building a business on top of another service is risky. However, having an API open for so long made them somewhat dependent on third party developers for their popularity. It is more of a shame that all of these interesting services that have been built may get shut down due to the various restrictions.

]]> By: robdiana http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2171 robdiana Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:33:19 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2171 Nicholas, The interesting part is that Facebook has been slowly opening up more. Twitter seems to be going in the opposite direction some days. Nicholas,

The interesting part is that Facebook has been slowly opening up more. Twitter seems to be going in the opposite direction some days.

]]> By: Matt http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2170 Matt Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:31:48 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2170 The daily follower limit has two possible reasons for being implemented. 1) Server load. Do you want to see the fail whale all day? 2) Spam control. The more likely reason. I have a hard time feeling sorry for the developers being limited in what they can do. That is one of the risks you take when you try to piggy back your business on someone else's. If you want to have full control, start your own Twitter like service. It's their business, they can do what they want IMO. The daily follower limit has two possible reasons for being implemented. 1) Server load. Do you want to see the fail whale all day? 2) Spam control. The more likely reason.

I have a hard time feeling sorry for the developers being limited in what they can do. That is one of the risks you take when you try to piggy back your business on someone else’s. If you want to have full control, start your own Twitter like service. It’s their business, they can do what they want IMO.

]]> By: Nicholas http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2169 Nicholas Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:19:16 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2169 as a developer I have seen Twitter becoming more non-responsive to their core user base in favor of so-called celebrities. sure, they're trying to make money now but FaceBook makes insane amounts of cash hand over fist without screwing with their users (too much) lol. as a developer I have seen Twitter becoming more non-responsive to their core user base in favor of so-called celebrities. sure, they’re trying to make money now but FaceBook makes insane amounts of cash hand over fist without screwing with their users (too much) lol.

]]> By: 布里斯班 http://regulargeek.com/2009/04/22/twitter-biting-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 布里斯班 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:51:52 +0000 http://regulargeek.com/?p=72#comment-2165 Only twitter is enough. Only twitter is enough.

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