I'm curious about this myself. One of the first things end users are going to ask for is a way to block these ads from their timelines. Don't kid yourself; there's a reason why AdBlock is such a popular Firefox plugin.
Secondary question: Is the first step towards paid Twitter accounts, where free users have to receive ads and paid users do not? Straight answers here would be appreciated. On 13 Apr, 05:28, Tim <fabianh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I've been looking around for information on how the new "promoted > tweets" advertising feature will affect the API, and I've not really > found anything. I gather that it's a two phase approach starting with > search and then rolling out to timelines, but can anyone here > clarify: > (a) whether API responses will include promoted tweets, > (b) whether these tweets will be identified as ads > (c) whether third parties are 'obligated' to present them to users > (d) whether there will be an API Terms of Use as a result
