Twitter delays new paid API launch by ‘a few more days’

Twitter continues complicated shift away from free API

The newest delay does not have a date connected, not like the earlier two bulletins. First, Twitter introduced that the free API could be lower off on February 9 and changed with an unknown paid plan, then that cut-off was pushed again to February 13 with out warning.

The newest delay merely states that the corporate shall be taking “a number of extra days” to make sure the developer group could have an optimum expertise with the brand new API. It is not but clear what the paid and restricted free tiers will seem like once they launch, however the present introduced price is a $100 per 30 days API payment.

A restricted free entry tier to the API can also be being launched, however all that’s recognized is that it allows 1,500 tweets per 30 days from a single authenticated person token. It is a write-only API, so third-party purchasers won’t be coming again, nor will this allow RSS feeds to learn Twitter timelines.

Twitter claims the adjustments will improve high quality, cut back spam, and allow a thriving ecosystem. It isn’t fairly clear how that shall be achieved.