[lprd]

The documentation and usability of Twitter's API has been in decline for at least a few years now. I gave up in 2018/19 (or whenever they implemented the new version of their API?). This has nothing to do with the advent of Musk, and anyone blaming him are insufferable Musk haters (which is pretty standard these days).

In the beginning, their API was a joy to use and a lot of neat software popped up around it. There was some drama around them making changes internally (API changes) which put some of these companies out of business. People became weary of their API since. That said, I would love to see a completely revamped API with great documentation.

[d23]

You gave up on it 5 years ago but are sure nothing happened in the last few months, while the team that was actively maintaining it is saying they were all fired. Sorry for being "insufferable," but why is your take more credible than theirs?

[lprd]

> You gave up on it 5 years ago but are sure nothing happened in the last few months

I said that it's been in decline. If its unusable now, I'm not shocked because of the way it was headed even a few years ago. Musk very well might have realized the dumpster fire that is their API and shelved it for the time being.

> why is your take more credible than theirs?

What can I say, I'm just a simple user? Whether you find my "take" credible or not is purely up to you. ymmv