Twitter API Debate x2

Kudos to Twitter if this is in fact the case. I’ve been waiting for them to put the kibosh on autofollow, autounfollow, Qwitter, FriendorFollow and other third party tools that promote spammy practices (even if the third party tool creators did not intend for that to be the case, they have done little to stop the abuse, so if Twitter does, good). Is putting the kibosh on autoDM on the list? Man, I hope so. Twitter works because of involvement of REAL PEOPLE. Automation is not real. obsession over follower and following numbers is not real. Linkbombing is not real. Twitter is ushering in an era of new business, and I hope they stick to their guns about the “real people” “real engagement” aspects of it now and in future. On the separate note of Twitter making money, I hope they don’t sell follows, as was posited recently, but I hope they do start charging for SMS usage in excess of 20 Tweeters (for example, I get 30 people to my phone, so I would pay for the privilege of the extra ten), charge to get Track back, IM, etc – all the features we miss. Maybe charge for filtering too, so I could lose the annoying #tcot hashtag, for one… ;) They do lack some features, like search in your follower and following lists, things like that would be handy, and I did I mention how much I miss track?

Originally posted as a comment by geechee_girl on louisgray.com using Disqus.

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