Kokubili i-Android ne-iOS, sinezinto ezinhlobonhlobo zezicelo, zonke ezikhokhelwe, lokho Basivumela ukuthi sithintane futhi sihlanganyele ne-akhawunti yethu ye-Twitter ngaphandle kokusebenzisa isicelo esisemthethweni yenkampani, uhlelo lokusebenza olungasiniki ukukhangisa okuningi kumugqa wethu wesikhathi, kodwa futhi lusikhombisa okuqukethwe ngendlela engalandelani nesikhathi (ngaphandle kokuthi siguqule izinketho zokumisa).
Abasebenzisi abasebenzisa i-Twitter njengezindlela eziyinhloko zokuxhumana basebenzisa lolu hlobo lohlelo, kepha kungahle kube yilokho baphoqeleka ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza olusemthethweni kusuka ngoJuni walo nyaka, ngoba inkampani kaJack Dorsey ihlose ukuguqula ukusebenza kwe-API, isebenzisa izinguquko ezithile ezizokhubaza izaziso nokuvuselelwa okuzenzakalelayo komugqa wesikhathi.
Ngokusobala, njengoba kubikwe yi-Twitter, ingxenye ye- i-API evumela onjiniyela ukuthi basebenzise le misebenzi izothathelwa indawo yikholi Yomsebenzi we-Akhawunti entsha, kepha akucaci ukuthi lo msebenzi omusha uzokwazi ukufaka esikhundleni semisebenzi engeke isatholakala ku-API esemthethweni kusukela ngoJuni 19, usuku izinguquko ezizosebenza ngalo. Ngokungeziwe, umsebenzi we-Akhawunti, osese ku-beta, awutholakali konjiniyela, abadinga isikhathi esikahle sokuvumelanisa izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza nezinguquko ezintsha.
I-Twitterrific, i-Talon, i-Tweetbot, i-Falcon ... bangabanye babathuthukisi abakhulu abanikela ngezicelo ezivela eceleni ukusebenzisana ne-microblogging social network. Laba basunguli bashicilele isitatimende lapho beqinisekisa khona ukuthi izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza ngeke zisaba usizo, ngakho-ke bonke abasebenzisi bazophoqeleka ukusebenzisa uhlelo olusemthethweni.
I-Facebook ayivumeli noma yiliphi iklayenti lomuntu wesithathu ukuthi lifinyelele kokuqukethwe kwaloLokhu akunjalo nge-Twitter, evumela abathuthukisi ukuthi bakhe izinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela eceleni ezisizakala ngazo zonke izingqalasizinda ezifakwe kubo, futhi lapho okuhehayo okuyinhloko kungakhombisi ukukhangisa okuvela kwinethiwekhi yezokuxhumana.
Kunengqondo ukuthi i-Twitter ifuna ukuqondisa kabusha bonke abasebenzisi benethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu kuhlelo lokusebenza olusemthethweni, ukuze ukukhangisa kwayo kufinyelele kwinani elikhulu labasebenzisi. Kuze kube manje, i-API esemthethweni ayivumeli onjiniyela abavela eceleni ukuthi basebenzise ezinye zezici ezivelele zenethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu. Ukuguqulwa okulandelayo kwe-API kuhamba idizayinelwe ukukhawulela amandla wonjiniyela ukuletha amaklayenti wekhwalithi yomuntu wesithathu. Sizobona ukuthi ingoma iphela kanjani, kodwa ayibukeki kahle.