The application 'Twitterrific', which has been pouring heart and soul for 16 years due to the suspension of TwitterAPI, suddenly died and the author broke off



On January 13, 2023, part of Twitter's API suddenly stopped working, rendering many third-party Twitter apps unusable. One of them, the developer of the iOS application ' Twitterrific ', has become a hot topic by publishing a blog post lamenting that the application that was built over 16 years ended without any notice. .

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The situation at the time when Twitter's API began to display authentication errors is summarized in the following article. Regarding this case, some people point out that ``it may be an intentional exclusion by Twitter'' because some apps are no longer available and others are not.

A bug that the timeline is not updated while an authentication error occurs in a third-party Twitter application - GIGAZINE



Among the apps that are no longer available due to this suspension, there is 'Twitterrific', which was supported by a timeline displayed in chronological order and a simple UI. Craig Hockenberry of Iconfactory, who owns Twitterrific, said in a blog post, 'Twitterrific has been an app that we have all fallen in love with for the last 16 years. The early experiences were literally made by us, the work we did was groundbreaking, and we loved the app like our mothers did.' Sorry for the suspension of Twitterrific.

Hockenberry refers to his mother because his mother passed away just before Christmas 2022. However, unlike Mr. Hockenberry's mother, whose whole family was prepared to see her die and was able to leave this world with dignity, Twitterrific didn't even thank its users for their support over the years. I ended up throwing an error.

Mr. Hockenberry, who became emotional because of that regret, abused Twitter's Elon Musk CEO as ' Space Karen (Internet meme with Karen, who is synonymous with SpaceX's company name and hateful woman)'. ``The end of Twitterrific is just one scene of his ongoing fucking theater.

Below is a collage commonly used as Space Cullen's.



Mr. Hockenberry's next goal is to retaliate against Mr. Mask by creating a new platform to replace Twitter. That platform hasn't even been envisioned yet, but Hockenberry is eyeing open standards like ActivityPub , which Mastodon uses.

According to Mr. Hockenberry, Twitter did not initially call the post a 'tweet' and did not use the blue bird icon. Also, there were no functions such as hashtags or retweets, but it naturally took shape in response to user needs.

From this point of view, Mr. Hockenberry said, ``Aiming to become a service that grows in that way, I would like to explore uncharted territory, empower people, and respond to the needs of the community. There's no point in dwelling on the personal whims of a clown hosting . It's even more so,' he concluded.

This blog post was featured on the social news site Hacker News and received 250 comments at the time of writing. Among them, comments praising the `` universal timeline '' advocated by Mr. Hockenberry as a new alternative to Twitter gained a lot of support.

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Decision to end development of third-party Twitter application 'Twitterrific' that has been updated for 16 years - GIGAZINE

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