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Tweetbot, other Twitter apps still down
Third-party Twitter apps, Tweetbot, Twittereffic, and others, are still not working because of issues with Twitter's API, despite complaints from users and developers.
Elon Musk remains silent as user outrage grows and no effort is made to fix the broken apps.
Twitter’s official API for developers is almost entirely offline, which has resulted in third-party client apps being inaccessible, showcasing an error message with a “problem authenticating with Twitter.”
Tweetbot and other clients are experiencing problems logging in to Twitter. We’ve reached out to Twitter for more details, but haven’t heard back.
— Tweetbot by Tapbots (@tweetbot) January 13, 2023
We’re hoping this is just a temporary glitch and will let you know more as soon as we know more.
Developers of Twittereffic, the Iconfactory, are directing its users to a webpage explaining the reason why the app is broken and inaccessible, with a warning that “something bad has happened at Twitter”.
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Podcaster and journalist Jason Snell believes that the API shutdown is intentional though he has no legit way to authenticate it.
We’re aware that Twitterrific is having problems communicating with Twitter. We don’t yet know what the root cause is, but we’re trying to find out. Please stay tuned and apologies.
— Twitterrific (@Twitterrific) January 13, 2023
But he isn't the only one who believes so, many Twitter users have taken Musk's silence on the matter as a sign that the API shutdown was done purposely to injure third-party apps without any warning.
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