New Twitter Guidelines Limit App Developers
Twitter has plans to update to its platform to Version 1.1 and in doing so will limit the potential output of developers who create apps for Twitter.
The changes, which will be rolled out in the coming weeks, include “required authentication on every API endpoint,” “a new per-endpoint rate-limiting methodology,” and changes to the company’s “Developer Rules of the Road, especially around applications that are traditional Twitter clients.” One significant difference is that developers will need Twitter’s permission for an app that requires more than 100,000 individual user tokens.
Michael Sippey, director of consumer product on Twitter, announced the news in a blog post yesterday evening.
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