[gamedevtales]

You are always relying on a 3rd party somewhere down the stack that's not a reason to dismiss a solution alone.

[colesantiago]

Given Twitter's track record on APIs, there is every reason to dismiss this solution.

[developerdylan]

To be fair, this is something they've acknowledged and committed to working on for future API iterations.

[ThePadawan]

I can host a blog such that it only requires 2nd parties:

- My ISP

- My power company

[gamedevtales]

What would you use for DNS?

edit: Also they're third party. 1st is you 2nd party is the customer (The blog audience).