“After attaining unlikely success as an open platform, Twitter is demanding that third-party apps show Twitter’s stream the way the company wants them to,” reports ReadWriteWeb.
“You need to be able to see expanded Tweets,” wrote Michael Sippey, Twitter product manager, explaining that those features make Twitter “more engaging and easier to use… These are the features that make Twitter Twitter.”
However, will the company risk destroying the culture that has grown up around it by squeezing too hard on third-party developers?
“Twitter works because people who love the service have built a culture on top of it,” notes the post. “They use what makes them happy.”
“In the past, people who weren’t happy with Twitter’s native offering were able to build something they liked better. If Twitter breaks that ability, the nature of the relationships built on its network will change. Features aren’t what ‘make Twitter Twitter.’ People are.”
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