Thanks for the clarification, Ryan. This distinction isn't clear in
the original blog post. I also wasn't sure what the difference was
between me posting a message that I love Reebok shoes and Starbucks
posting they have a special on Frappuccinos. If advertising was
prohibited from Tweets, it
: [twitter-dev] Re: Twitter Platform blog post
Thanks for the clarification, Ryan. This distinction isn't clear in
the original blog post. I also wasn't sure what the difference was
between me posting a message that I love Reebok shoes and Starbucks
posting they have a special on Frappuccinos
Ryan,
It's confusing to me that Dick says there will be no third party ads
(8th paragraph) but under Fostering Innovation, #2, he talks apps
about selling ads. Does this decision do away with services like
Sponsored Tweets?
I appreciate such a thoughtful blog post (and hope there are more in
the
I'm not at Twitter but I read the blog post as saying that ads around
the Twitter timeline (as part of the UI of an application or website)
are fine but ads IN the Twitter timeline (as paid tweets) are not.
Shannon
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On May 24, 2010, at 12:19 PM, Liz nwjersey...@gmail.com
Jeepers. With one blog post Dick has killed the business of more than
a few companies that have been doing what they've doing for many
months, if not spanning more than a year.
I fully understand Dick's rationale, but, phew, why don't you guys
consider grandfathering in businesses that existed
That's how I read it as well, but there's certainly some gray area
there. Some twitter clients just display an ad at the top of bottom of
the app, those would seem to be ok. Some I've seen recently put things
in the timeline that look exactly like tweets (except for a line at
the bottom that says
Ryan,
I asked explicitly about this at the Developer meetup earlier this
year, and received No Comment for an answer. Twice. Maybe there
needed to be a lot of discussion about this before a decision was
announced, but ... wow!
To Liz's point there is no language in the blog post about
Hey Adam,
I'm very confused now and it would be great if the folks over at
Twitter would post a clarifying FAQ about what is allowed and what is
not allowed, I just saw this recent quote on C|Net that throws a
hammer into the clarity issue:
Twitter confirmed to CNET that this does not have any
Adam,
Thanks for the email and happy to try to clear things up.
1. The TOS go into affect today and section *4. Updates* states that
everyone has 30 days to comply with any changes to the ToS. If you
2. The TOS **does not** restrict the content coming from a user, whether
posted through an app
