I am equally convinced that there’s no way Twitter can make one interface that pleases all of its users. I am convinced there are ways Twitter could make money from people using third-party clients. I already happily pay for Tweetbot I’d also happily pay Twitter for the privilege of using it. Or require users who prefer third-party clients to pay some sort of fee. Replace the now-deprecated third-party client APIs with new ones, let third-party clients flourish, and figure out a way to make money from them. I think Twitter should reverse course on this whole thing. I don’t want to use a website for Twitter. And Twitter no longer even fucking has a first-party native app for the Mac. Twitter’s iOS app does none of these things for me.
Tweetbot makes sense to me - in large part simply because it presents tweets in chronological order. Tweetbot presents tweets and replies/mentions in a way that fits my mental model of what Twitter is. My strong preference for Tweetbot, on both iOS and Mac, is simple: I prefer its user interface. Hire 3rd party clients over our own apps, and we’re going to do We’re committed to understanding why people We’ve heard feedback ( #breakingmytwitter) from our customers about It’s not meant to be another Facebook-style algorithmic News Feed. Twitter has always been about a real-time stream of information. Understand what Twitter is better than Twitter itself does: Maybe they appreciate the fact that the third parties seem to Stars to hearts or changing the character counter to a circle. Involve a million inconsequential product changes like turning
Perhaps, users want a consistent experience - one that doesn’t Good piece by Sarah Perez at TechCrunch regarding a Twitter internal email on why they’ve broken significant functionality for third-party clients:Īnd Twitter wonders why users don’t want to use its own clients? Twitter Addresses Why They’ve Broken Twitter for Third-Party Clients Thursday, 16 August 2018
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