From emergency alerts to Taylor Swift lyrics: Twitter risks alienating developers

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“I’d really rather this bot not cost anyone any money.” Developers behind accounts that publish everything from emergency notifications to Taylor Swift lyrics say Twitter's API change could mean they are unable to keep their bots going.

that provides earthquake information for the Los Angeles and San Francisco area as well as global earthquakes above 5.0 magnitude, said each of the five bots within his service has its own Twitter page and following. Snitzer was able to monetize his services, making a small amount through an Amazon affiliate link. However, he said the API pricing was “kind of a slap in the face.”

“This is dissemination of important information that could potentially go away,” said Snitzer, who built the bots over 10 years ago. “I’m kind of being forced to pay the money, and I don’t like that. It’s sort of an uncomfortable, kind of ethical quandary.” For researchers, free API ensures access to vital data. Sol Messing, an associate professor at the New York University Center for Social Media and Politics, said his work is heavily dependent on the Twitter API to gather information on the ways social media platforms are used. Messing said he anticipates that Twitter’s API pricing will heavily affect his projects, slowing down research and complicating coordination with other research groups.

“You really need third-party analysis on social media platforms to guard against potential harm to society,” Messing said.to “ensure that APIs for studying public content on the platform remain easily accessible.”

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