Twitter Apps Update - Will your Twitter Tools Break?

by 11 replies
14
I just received this in my email:

In case you missed it, many Twitter updates break some of the apps for Twitter...

This should not be an update that breaks too many things, but any app programmer not using OAuth will certainly break... although programmers have known this change has been coming for nearly a year...
#main internet marketing discussion forum #apps #break #tools #twitter #update
  • Unfortunately, the answer to that question is YES. I wrote an awesome blog post about automating Twitter using three php scripts that tapped the API using cron jobs.

    Now, they are all useless.

    I guess Twitter is trying to bring people back to replace the bots that run it now.

    Now, I just use Twitterfeed to post my blog posts automatically.

    Personally, I have never benefited much from Twitter other than teaching people how to automate it.
    • [1] reply

    • That is funny... I did an automated twitter tool also in 2009... then they changed something in Nov 09 and broke my tool too... LOL

      That is when I abandoned writing tools for their platform...
  • I just can't get into Twitter manually. If I cannot automate it, I will almost never visit it...just like Facebook...too lame, too boring.

    WARRIOR FORUM IS MUCH MORE FUN!!!
  • a large portion of us planned and made adjustments for this
    personally it's been know for so long that we just built our platform based on it
    i am on there both personally and automated
    i love the medium
    • [1] reply
    • I think the reason that Twitter is doing this is because there are tens of thousands of apps that have allowed bots to proliferate throughout Twitter.

      I wrote a book about Twitter Tools, and I think that most apps that are updated frequently and have a close relationship with Twitter will not be compromised.

      Twitter is trying to cut back on spammers and force people to build relevant connections with real people.

      For those who want to build their Twitter Network fast I recommend checking out a program called TweetAdder, which complies with the new Twitter login credentials.

      I recently produced a video review of this program, and you can check it out at TwitterToolsBook.com/tweetadder3

      Cheers,

      Garin
  • I don't like their t.co update. I run a social media solution type thing, which one of the main things it does is shortens links for twitter. Now I have to invent some new tricks

    They could still check for malware and stuff, without wrapping everything in t.co

    Just a small rant, my tools aren't breaking though, I started out with OAuth. Very happy about that
  • It wasn't just a matter of them wondering if they were going to break, they broke. I noticed all of my blog posts were failing to update on twitter as of Sep 1.

    The main one I was using (twitter tools) and they did release a upgrade to take care of the issue. What it boils down is their new authorization system, or at least it appear to be, that is called OAuth, requires you to register your application (you can register here: dev.twitter.com) with twitter and if your app does not have this new authorization method in place, it won't work.
  • yeah I thought something was up.. luckily I don't heavily rely on
    auto twitter posts but I had it running on one of my blogs.. and I
    noticed all tweets stopped September 1st.

    not a big deal as you can use twitterfeed.com : feed your blog to twitter to post to
    twitter via your rss feed. one of my other blogs which uses that is
    still working.

    Stu
  • They recently made it possible for one Twitter application to work on multiple domains. Go to dev.twitter.com and edit your app. On the right hand side, you’ll be able to add domains to your application.
    • [1] reply
    • A couple days ago, I posted a blog article on how to DELETE all the spammy DM's in your Twitter account. What got my attention was the number o f ReTweets this article got (42x) which is double the # of ReTweets most of my blog articles get.

      Maybe its because the method I use doesn't cost anything and that it take less than 1 minute to do or maybe its because (like me) the vast majority of the DM's in my main Twitter account (I only have 20k followers) is mostly junk.

      Either way, I thought doing a YT video on how to leverage the TweetMeMe plug-in button for a WordPress blog would add fule to the fire. Then I read on the HubSpo Blog that Twitter's new ReTweet button spells the death of TweetMeMe?

      What do you API guys think about this position?
  • Another example of twitter changing the game at their whim and why it is dangerous to build your own business on top of another platform. They can erase your entire company at any time.
Join the discussion

Next Topics on Trending Feed