Twitter’s API shutdown and botpocalypse begins
Twitter’s API shutdown and botpocalypse begins
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TODAY, 8 minutes ago
Twitter cuts off Substack embeds and starts suspending bots
Want to embed a tweet in a story or follow someone via your RSS reader? Well, that’s too bad.
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Mar 30
Twitter announces new API pricing, posing a challenge for small developers
After announcing it would be changing its API rules in February, Twitter has now detailed how free access to its API will work in the future.
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Mar 10
Twitter’s API access continues to be a mess.Apparently some researchers are being told that they could have to pay at least $500,000 a year to access a tiny portion of Twitter’s data. I recommend being skeptical about anything this company says until it actually happens, but given all its shenanigans around API access, this wouldn’t exactly be surprising.
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Feb 13
Twitter’s new API is still on its way.Last week Twitter announced that it wouldn’t shut down its free API until today, and that it’d be replaced by a new system with a limited free option and a $100 a month plan. Now, the company says that update won’t be coming until… sometime, and that eventually there will be more details. I’d take that with a grain of salt.
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Feb 5
Elon Musk says bots with ‘good content’ can use Twitter’s API for free
Twitter’s supposed to revoke free access to the platform’s API on February 9th — but Musk is already making some changes to the new policy.
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Feb 3
PSA: Twitter’s API changes may make it difficult to log in to your favorite games
The developers of both Genshin Impact and Arknights have warned players that if they use Twitter to log in to their accounts, they might lose access.
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Feb 2
Twitter replaces its free API with a paid tier in quest to make more money
The platform will soon introduce a ‘paid basic tier,’ with more details expected sometime next week.
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