I for one don’t think he’s stupid in the way of being incapable but I do think it stupid to get rid of so many people so quickly. As for the accessibility team: I really can’t understand why anyone would do that, not the whole team anyway. He’s gone too far too fast.
I’m also wondering if he wants to kill Twitter off as he did want to pull out of the sale at one time. Wonder what changed his mind. If it collapses, well, he gets out of it I suppose though it’s unlikely to be that simple. I’m disappointed in him as I thought he’d have some innovative ideas. I certainly wouldn’t consider getting rid of so many people innovative. Oh well, I am able to use the iPhone Twitter app and quite like it. All the best Angie > On 18 Jan 2023, at 09:37, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Elon Musk is not qualified to own anything" > I find that is an interesting thing to say about the richest man in the world > who has successfully started the most prestigious electric car company, who > is offering high speed internet to places which never had it and would never > have it (at least for a long time), who is building rockets and owns a number > of other highly successful businesses. > One can dislike his personality, but don't belittle his achievements and his > genius. > As for Twitter, he may very well have a vision which nobody has figured out > yet; let's give it 2 or 3 years and see what happens. And don't get me wrong, > I don't of course know him except for what I hear and read just like most of > us, and I think he sounds like a very unpleasant type of person with lots of > eccentricities, but once again that does not make him stupid. I can think of > other people in recent American history who were even less qualified for what > they were doing. > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 2:34 PM > To: via VIPhone <[email protected]> > Subject: Twitter Confirms Third-Party Apps Like Tweetbot Were Intentionally > Blocked > > Twitter has become crazy. Just get out. Elon Musk is not qualified to own > anything, much less a massive social media app, which he has done nothing but > rec. > > Twitter Confirms Third-Party Apps Like Tweetbot Were Intentionally Blocked > MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors / Juli Clover > > > Third-party Twitter apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific have been > intentionally blocked from using Twitter APIs, Twitter confirmed today. > Without access to the underlying code for the social network, Tweetbot, > Twitterrific, Birdie, Echofon, and other popular Twitter clients are > non-functional and cannot be used. > > > Twitter's Dev account today said in a tweet > <https://twitter.com/TwitterDev/status/1615405842735714304> that Twitter is > "enforcing its long-standing API rules," a change that could cause some apps > not to work. There has been no word on which API rules the blocked Twitter > clients have violated, and this is the first time that Twitter has provided > insight into what's going on with third-party Twitter apps since they stopped > working last Thursday. > > When some third-party Twitter apps became unusable last week, it was > initially believed that there could be some kind of bug causing the outage. > Only the most popular Twitter clients were affected and blocked from > Twitter's APIs, perhaps indicating an internal error. As Twitter declined to > comment on the situation for days, however, it became clearer that it was an > intentional decision. Over the weekend, The Information > <https://www.theinformation.com/articles/musks-twitter-intentionally-suspended-tweet-bot-third-party-apps-messages-show>said > that in an internal Slack channel, a senior software engineer at Twitter > clarified that the suspensions were done on purpose, suggesting many Twitter > employees were not even aware of what was going on. > > It is not known why Twitter has provided so little information on what is > happening to highly popular third-party Twitter apps that have existed for > years, nor if these apps will again be provided with access to the API if > changes are made. Developers like Iconfactory and Tapbots (responsible for > Twitterrific and Tweetbot, respectively), received no warning about the > shutdown and were not provided with information on why their apps stopped > working. > > Apps like Tweetbot have been around for more than a decade at this point, > with loyal users, full teams of developers, and a major investment in the > social network. Developers have expressed their frustration at Twitter's > decision and lack of communication, as have longtime Twitter users. > > MacStories > <https://www.macstories.net/stories/twitter-intentionally-ends-third-party-app-developer-access-to-its-apis/>, > for example, called Twitter's actions "disgraceful" and "unprofessional," > with Twitter demonstrating a "total lack of respect" for the role that > third-party apps have played in the success of the social network. > > Jason Snell called Twitter's actions <https://sixcolors.com/> "clueless, > classless, and cowardly," and John Gruber said this is likely the end of his > regular usage of Twitter as Twitter's own client is "terrible." > > At this point, it isn't clear when or if we're going to get more information > about third-party Twitter clients from Twitter, nor if the apps that have had > their API access revoked will be back in some capacity. Tapbots is now > speeding up development on Ivory > <https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/29/tapbots-ivory-mastodon-app/>, its app > for the Mastodon social network, and Twitterrific's Craig Hockenberry said > that he will be exploring the concept of a truly universal timeline that > leverages how open standards can be used in "new and different ways." > > > > Original Article: > https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/twitter-third-party-apps-intentionally-blocked/ > > <https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/twitter-third-party-apps-intentionally-blocked/> > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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