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Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead 
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Over the years, hundreds of millions of people have sent over a trillion Tweets, with billions more every week.
Twitter data are among the world’s most powerful data sets. We’re committed to enabling fast & comprehensive access so you can continue to build with us.
We’ll be back with more details on what you can expect next week.
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ok but I don't use the API to scrape data sets I use it to queue posts up on a secondary account
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If it was up to me - I would have had the full plan ready and then communicate it.
Now you have created a lot of commotion and confusion
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Hi. It's me: Next week. Can you give us more details? Especially around pricing and academic access. Thanks.
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Thank you thank you thank you for this.
I understand why and appreciate it.
People who know what's up with this, know. Well done.
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"We’re committed to enabling fast & comprehensive access so you can continue to build with us." Putting a price on it makes this statement false as most developers are just hobbyists and will not pay for a service which they can get for free on pretty much every other platform.
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Good business decision. I was surprised why it was free in the first place. Will pay.
Not a good business decision. 1 week notice of change without giving pricing. API fees for twitter will be a rounding error compared to ad revenue. Free services/apps that bring value to Twitter network go away (no rev there). Large biz already pay for API. No new rev from this
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Any updates on the details surrounding the new API pricing? My account is dependent on the Tweet retrieval endpoints that power the data my audience cares for.
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"Next week". You mean you'll be back to give us details after you've already done it?
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So when the price will be announced? I hope it's reasonably priced. The API was one of the free and high-quality tools I used when I started in software engineering.
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You're taking away access next week, but you aren't giving us details UNTIL next week? We're trying to run businesses here, & this "Ready -> Fire -> Aim" stuff shows how little thought you put into it. Understand you need rev & fine with paying, but no details & a 6-day notice?
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Devs are making free bots and tools that make Twitter richer and more interesting for users. You're going to kill all these functionalities overnight. 
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I expect twitter to go bankrupt. Every move made has damaged engagement. You are simply driving people off.
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Twitter *was* a valuable data source until the king of bad ideas began to, among other failures, recklessly nickle and dime the source of that data to death.
You could charge for writes, keep reads for free and thus push engagement exposure to your advertisers.
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"We’re committed to enabling fast & comprehensive access so you can continue to build with us...for a price."
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So we have to pay you, to then create data sets, that you then sell off? Checks out.
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bye bye earthquake warnings, hourly foxes, thread reader apps, and much, much more that brought folks to twitter.
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You have to consider a basic free tier. Don’t charge developers making Twitter a better and useful place.
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I will buy all of twitter off you for $10. With any luck I can drag out of the toilet it's being flashed down.
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I don’t understand what this means. While I know the details will come later, it makes me very uneasy. Will this mean I have to pay to use Twitter?
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1st sentence - no, it's not.
2nd sentence - no, you're not.
3rd sentence - and that will suck too.
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