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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 04:20:30 JST FediTips has moved!

   Twitter appears to have stopped third party Twitter apps from accessing Twitter, without any warning or explanation. The reason Twitter can do this is because they control twitter.com and there are no other servers to choose from.

   This kind of instant shutdown cannot happen on Mastodon or the Fediverse, because there are thousands of independent servers running on free open software standards.

   This is why third party apps are so much more widely used on Mastodon and the Fediverse.

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     Experiencer Team ?️ :verified: (experiencersinternational@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 04:23:24 JST Experiencer Team ?️ :verified:

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     @feditips how long has it been broken? I've been using an RSS feed from nitter.poast.org and I'm getting posts as recent as 4:43pm GMT

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 04:26:36 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Arkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳

     @Nuno

     No, it can't happen like this. Twitter has shut out third party API users instantly without warning or explanation.

     That can't happen on a large federated network where each server is totally independent and decides for itself what software it runs.

     There can be changes in APIs that cause app compatibility problems when a server upgrades, sure, but that's a gradual process that can be rolled back or forked if necessary. It wouldn't be without warning or explanation or alternatives.

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     Arkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳 (nuno@tweesecake.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 04:26:40 JST Arkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳

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     @feditips Pleaseeeeeeee, even you? It can happen on any service. The so called Fediverse also uses the servers and migration is not trivial

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 05:07:33 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:

     p.s. These posts from third party Twitter app developer @paul is interesting:
     https://tapbots.social/@paul/109684886363418765

     The "Ivory" they're referring to is an upcoming third party Mastodon app they're also developing.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 06:14:33 JST FediTips has moved!

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     p.p.s. For a quick overview, there's an article about this issue on the Verge at https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/13/23553161/third-party-twitter-clients-apps-outage-twitterific-tweetbot

     (Well done to the Verge for embedding a toot by the way!)

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     maddogeco@mstdn.social's status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 13:05:44 JST maddogeco

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     @feditips is there a good mastodon app that can synchronise your positioning the time line between an iPad and iPhone?

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     Kevin Russell (kevinrns@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Jan-2023 23:15:00 JST Kevin Russell

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     @feditips Hey! I want embedd a toot. It is by far the best way to communicate in important circumstances!

     I use screenshots to make embeds, quote toots, but then add warning it cant be clicked, then I add the links again.

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     this_caroline@mstdn.social's status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 22:48:50 JST this_caroline

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     @feditips That's a good point. I didn't know that. I wonder why that's the case.