Twitter is great, Twitter is terrible: why developer confusion is good for the service
Friday was an emotional day for the independent developers who have created many of Twitter’s most popular apps. The company announced sweeping rule changes on Thursday afternoon that imply hefty consequences for apps from Flipboard to Instapaper. Trouble is, there are still some questions as to what those consequences are. “Clearly we definitely could be clearer if there is so much confusion.”
Watch the World Tweet in Real Time
Tweet Ping is a kind of ticker for Twitter activity by continent, showing the last used hashtag, mention and word-, character- and tweet counts. As you can imagine, everything moves very fast. Feels like you’re in a high tech spy movie.
Lauren Collins recommends eight key Brits to follow on Twitter whose dispatches “regularly serve to create a sense of the city as much as they reflect it”: http://nyr.kr/QlhIMd
Hey Texas!
The Net Neutrality debate is headed your way and we need your help!
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai is holding an open forum on Net Neutrality at Texas A&M University in College Station on Oct. 21.
Sounds good, right? Wrong! Pai’s not a fan of real Net Neutrality.
That’s why we need you there on Oct. 21.
Breaking news: The D.C. Appeals Court just killed Net Neutrality.
This could be the end of the Internet as we know it. But it doesn’t have to be.
Tell the FCC: We Need Real Net Neutrality NOW: http://bit.ly/2XPBtkt
Happy Internet Slowdown Day!
Take action to save Net Neutrality: http://bit.ly/1qLsc6U
I believe the FCC must find a way to put open Internet policies back in place … we cannot have a two-tiered Internet with fast lanes that speed the traffic of the privileged and leave the rest of us lagging behind. So as we look for a way forward, I am pleased that Chairman Wheeler has recently acknowledged that all options, including Title II, are on the table.
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