Comments on: Twitter Bites the Hand that Feeds It http://oursocialtimes.com/index.php/2010/05/twitter-bites-the-hand-that-feeds-it/ Social Media Consultancy & Events Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Luke Brynley-Jones http://oursocialtimes.com/index.php/2010/05/twitter-bites-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Luke Brynley-Jones Wed, 26 May 2010 09:28:09 +0000 http://oursocialtimes.com/?p=908#comment-369 Hi Ed - I understand acquisitions are high on the agenda for Twitter, but they will be weighing up if it's worth buying services that they could just hold to ransom by withholding API access. If they don't spend though, you're right, they have a lot of code to write! Hi Ed – I understand acquisitions are high on the agenda for Twitter, but they will be weighing up if it’s worth buying services that they could just hold to ransom by withholding API access. If they don’t spend though, you’re right, they have a lot of code to write!

]]> By: Ed Hartigan http://oursocialtimes.com/index.php/2010/05/twitter-bites-the-hand-that-feeds-it/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Ed Hartigan Tue, 25 May 2010 10:21:28 +0000 http://oursocialtimes.com/?p=908#comment-367 Hi Luke, They have been hinting at this for a few months now and I agree it could create some problems not just for the 3rd party apps but for the users. Given how users have taken to the likes of Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, and that Twitter have a few quid to play around withm, wouldn't it be better for to look at an acquisition rather than having to try and move users onto their, yet to be released, tools? Hi Luke,

They have been hinting at this for a few months now and I agree it could create some problems not just for the 3rd party apps but for the users. Given how users have taken to the likes of Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, and that Twitter have a few quid to play around withm, wouldn’t it be better for to look at an acquisition rather than having to try and move users onto their, yet to be released, tools?

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