Bird Of Prey - Why Twitter Suspended UberTwitter And Twidroyd

The announcement yesterday that Twitter had suspended several Ubermedia clients, including UberTwitter and Twidroyd, took many by surprise, including Ubermedia CEO Bill Gross.

It also made my post yesterday morning look very prophetic.

So why did Twitter do this? The best answer can usually be found at the source, and both Gross, and Twitter themselves, have spoken openly about the decision on Quora.

Gross says:

Twitter told us today that they suspended our applications for three reasons:

1. Twitter said that in UberTwitter and Twidroyd we use a tweet-elongation service named tmi.me

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