Twitter Changes Usage Rules, Internet Freaks Out

Social media leaders Twitter earned a spot in the PR doghouse last week by alienating a key sector of their audience: developers. What did they do? They changed the rules of usage for third-party developers who create and sell apps that work off the Twitter interface–and number well into the thousands.

The move had been expected for some time, but the new rules will almost certainly make it harder for the producers of some very popular apps to continue using Twitter’s API.

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