Hey Jesse, thanks for the question. The intention here is to stop applications that are posting on the user's behalf without an explicit understanding of the action. There are some apps that post without the user giving permission each time, but the app needs to specify that at some point and the user needs to be fully aware of it.
We should never see "Sorry about that last post, app X sent it out without me knowing". That can mean different things for different applications, but its about setting the expectations properly so users are never surprised by what you as an app developer do on their behalf. We take user's reputations and voices seriously and all app developers should too. Make sense? Best, Ryan On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jesse Stay<[email protected]> wrote: > This is great news! Regarding "sending Tweets on a user's behalf", does > that refer to DMs as well, and when seeking permission, must it be on a > "tweet-by-tweet" basis, or can a user give you permission beforehand to have > complete control over Tweeting on their behalf? I'd like to see that part > clarified more. > Thanks, > > Jesse > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Marcel Molina <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> To accompany our updated Terms of Service (http://bit.ly/2ZXsyW) we've >> posted a draft of the Twitter API rules at >> http://twitter.com/apirules. As the subject states, these rules are a >> work in progress and feedback is welcome. Please read the TOS >> announcement at http://bit.ly/2ZXsyW for some background. We encourage >> you to use the "contact us" link at http://twitter.com/apirules with >> any feedback you may have. >> >> -- >> Marcel Molina >> Twitter Platform Team >> http://twitter.com/noradio > >
