How to ruin your platform 101

Step 1
The platform is the product, the user is not. Users will pay for a decent product

Stap 2
Blue checks or coins do not make it a decent product

Step 3
Ads

Step 4
Eliminate third-party apps, that were popular among engaged users and content creators

Step 5
More ads

Step 6
Result is a platform, predominantly driven by automated and/or sponsored content, leading to diminishing user engagement over time.

#apollo #tweetbot #twitterific #reddit #twitter

Nachdem #Twitter unangekündigt die #APIs für #Drittanbieter gesperrt hat, standen #Entwicklerteams von #Apps wie #Twitterific und #Tweetbot vor dem Nichts. @tapbots, die texanischen Macher hinter Tweetbot, haben sich schnell auf ihren neuen #Mastodon-Client @ivory konzentriert, der seit Februar auch für #macOS per #TestFlight verfügbar gemacht wurde. Nun steht #Ivory für #Mac auch offiziell zum Download im #MacAppStore bereit.

Alle Infos: https://www.appgefahren.de/ivory-macos-version-des-beliebten-mastodon-clients-veroeffentlicht-337369.html

Foto: (c) @tapbots.

The fine folks at #Tapbots and the #Iconfactory need your help.

If you were a subscriber to either #Tweetbot or #Twitterific, please re-install the app and click the button to decline your refund.

It's difficult, perhaps, to understand what a huge impact this would make for these folks, but your effort and small monetary sacrifice will help them more than you know.

More details in the Daring Fireball post:
https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff

was looking in the app store today and #twitterific was a featured app on the main "apps" page 🤔

You can get a prorated Twitterific & Tweetbot refund, but please don't

'Elon Musk cutting off all third-party Twitter apps didn't just kill developers' income completely, it left them facing the need to refund thousands of annual subscriptions. You might be able to help.'

*Update*: Ivory users, or people thinking about using it, see my reply to this post.

#Twitterific #Tweetbot #Twitter #microblogging #Apple #Ivory

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/03/03/you-can-get-a-prorated-twitterific-tweetbot-refund-but-please-dont

Were you or someone you know a #Tweetbot or #Twitterific subscriber?

Then you may be entitled to compensation - but you shouldn’t take it. Instead you should go download the apps again from the App Store and tell the app you don’t want a Pro-Rated #Refund. These app developers had their livelihoods ripped away by the whims of a billionaire man-child.

It only takes a moment and it will help probably more than you know.

Ars Technica: Developers of disabled third-party Twitter clients ask users to forgo refunds https://arstechnica.com/?p=1921429 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #twitterific #tweetbot #Policy #Tech

Developers of disabled third-party Twitter clients ask users to forgo refunds - Enlarge / The "I don't need a refund" button as viewed in the Tweetbot ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1921429 #twitterific #tweetbot #policy #tech

In einem ungewöhnlichen Schritt haben die Teams von #Tweetbot und #Twitterific in dieser Woche ihre stillgelegten #Apps aktualisiert. Sie bitten ihre User, auf eine Rückerstattung ihres #Abos zu verzichten, um sie in der aktuellen Situation zu unterstützen. @tapbots bietet auch einen #Abo-Transfer zu @ivory an.

Mehr dazu bei uns im Blog: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=332888

#appgefahren #Apple #Twitter #Ivory #Tapbots #Mastodon #TwitterAPI #iPhone #iPad #Mac

I’m seeing all of these posts about #Tweetbot and #Twitterific promoting the idea that we should generously give up the #money invested in their old apps for #Twitter.

That’s certainly a #kind and #generous gesture, for sure!

But first I’d like everyone to take a moment to ask yourself if you recall ever being forced to pay for an #upgrade to continue using their #apps after already purchasing them.

Were they interested in #kindness or #generosity then?

#FreeToDecide #FreeToChoose

Just went and made sure to decline refunds from the remainder of my #Tweetbot sub. Double checked #Twitterific as well. Takes a just a few moments to do a good deed for deserving devs!

https://mastodon.social/@gruber/109950258857741359

Please, anyone who used #tweetbot or #twitterific, read this.

From: @gruber
https://mastodon.social/@gruber/109950258857741359

Please, anyone who used #Tweetbot or #Twitterific, read this:
Post by John Gruber. "Tweetbot and Twitterrific Face the Cliff: daringfireball.net/2023/03/twe…" Posted on Mar 1, 2023 at 1:56 PM

I wasn’t really a birdsite user, but if you were, and have a subscription to either #tweetbot or #twitterific, you should read this

https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff

@gruber thanks, this is an especially important message to get out, especially the bits about actively saying you don't need a refund.

Would you consider adding a hashtag or two so Mastodon's search would turn it up later? Maybe #twitterific and #tweetbot?

Long story short: If you’re a subscriber to either Tweetbot or Twitterrific, you can help them out with three simple steps . . .

#Tweetbot #Twitterific https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff

The right thing to do.
#Tweetbot
#Twitterific
#Ivory
#Twitter

https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff

If you used #Tweetbot or #Twitterific to access #Twitter, please consider rejecting the prorated refund for your subscription, which is due due to Twitter’s heartless ineptitude. In aggregate this amount of money is likely existential for those companies. And it’s simply unfair.

For more detail, read @gruber ‘s piece here: https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/tweetbot_and_twitterrific_face_the_cliff

Ok, I’ve been using @MonaApp for a few hours on both Mac and iPad. At the moment I’m hooked. This is the closest to my #twitterific experience I’ve had since coming to Mastodon.

Timeline synchronization between the two via iCloud works well and the number of unread posts seems to be updated correctly.

Making things a bit larger for my older eyes was painless and I can mute right from the timeline.

Nachdem #Twitter seit kurzem Entwicklerteams von Apps wie #Tweetbot (@tapbots) und #Twitterific ohne Ankündigung oder Gründen plötzlich den API-Zugang sperrte, weiß man nun auch warum: #ElonMusk will auch die Twitter-API zu Geld machen.

Weitere Details: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=331360