Does Twitter Need to Contact Developers on All API Changes?
Developers and users rely on the Twitter API (Application Programming Interface) to connect the social tool to 3rd party apps like TweetDeck and Seesmic. Thus, when there are changes, people notice -especially developers.
This morning, there’s been some buzz about new changes to the Twitter API. First noticed by SocialToo founder Jessie Stay, the new changes revolves around the “verify credentials” method of the API. Specifically, users can only verify their Twitter usernames and passwords 15 times per hour. While some developers are unhappy Twitter didn’t inform them of the change, the more important question is this: how many users are really going to be adversely affected by a change that is meant to stop hackers from stealing Twitter accounts?
