Twitter, once a public square for ideas, is shutting off its API and closing its gates to other platforms, including Flipboard. Your Twitter feeds on Flipboard will be broken. You can look for replacement topic feeds by using search on Flipboard. 1/2
— Flipboard Support (@FlipboardCS) April 4, 2023
For instance, apps and websites that utilized Twitter’s API for content sharing are now experiencing functionality breakdowns. WordPress reported on Tuesday that it was unable to access the API, rendering its websites incapable of automatically sharing posts to Twitter (though the issue has since been resolved). Similarly, Echobox, a service that enables publishers to share content on Twitter, stated on Wednesday that it was also disconnected from the Twitter API “without warning.” The company found a workaround, but has not received any communication from Twitter. News reading app Flipboard, which recently shifted its focus to Mastodon, warned that the feature allowing users to view Twitter feeds on Flipboard would soon be disabled.
Numerous developers of Twitter bots are also affected. The developer of “Cheap Bots Done Quick,” a platform that allows users to create bots for Twitter, reported receiving a notice that they were cut off from the API. While Twitter has claimed that its new “basic” tier is meant to provide a pathway for bots to continue operating, many developers have expressed concerns about the monthly limit of 1,500 tweets being too restrictive.
