Three months have passed since Elon Musk stormed into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters, and the company has barely escaped the spotlight. We’ve talked a lot about his thoughts on the social network and some of his more controversial business decisions, such as laying off 50% of the workforce, but less about how the platform’s 237 million monthly active users use it on a daily basis.
1. Restricting alternative Twitter viewing methods
Twitter appears to have suspended access to its API, which is used by other platforms to communicate with it. So, if you use a social media manager to access your account rather than the Twitter app or website, you may discover that Twitter is not currently working with it. It’s unclear whether the move was intentional, but many experts believe it was.
“My guess is that this is because those third-party apps do not show ads and they allow the user to manage their feed as they see fit, which is at odds with Musk’s plans to put more ads in front of users’ eyeballs and prioritize the tweets of people who have paid for Twitter Blue,” said tech commentator Kate Bevan.
Although Twitter has not made an official announcement, popular apps that appear to be struggling include Tweetbot, Fenix, and Twitterific.
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