On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:38 PM, PJB <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wrong. Basic Authentication will obviously ALWAYS be an option for > desktop clients, regardless of whether or not it is via API.
Please explain this statement? -Chad >> Furthermore, the app in question explicitly offered the option of a >> recurring tweet which is a violation of the TOS. Regardless of whether or >> not that provides a useful service -- I'm not going to start debating that >> -- the fact of the matter is it *is* a violation of the TOS. Plain and >> simple. Why shouldn't they be "allowed" (as if we have a say what a private >> company does with their own resources) to ban an app that violates the TOS >> with one of their own options? > > I see, so then sites like mapmyrun and others that, for example, tweet > "Bob ran 10 miles today in 2 hours", "Bob ran 12 miles today in 1 > hour", and other templated text, are also in violation of the terms? > Or what about hootsuite where I can queue up 100 tweets with the exact > same text to fire off every hour, perhaps interspersed with a second > tweet? > > The bottom line is that this situation isn't as black and white as you > think, and Twitter's approach is wrong-headed. > > > > >
