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Mike McCue

After 13 years, #Twitter has made certain you won't be able to see a tweet on #Flipboard ever again.

Today Twitter turned off their API integration without regard for Twitter users who enjoyed seeing tweets on their Flipboard.

While Twitter is enabling payment for some API access, the approach they've taken is prohibitively expensive, unreliable and frankly untrustworthy. I can't imagine us or anyone else ever relying on Twitter again for anything.

Hello Fediverse. Good bye walled gardens.

3 Apr 2023 at 23:12 | Open on flipboard.social
13 comments
Arie Goldshlager

@mike

We are happy to have you all...

3 Apr 2023 at 23:16 | Open on mstdn.social
luckysitsinback

@mike

you will not regret the decision.

3 Apr 2023 at 23:21 | Open on mstdn.social
Tara
CyberMatt1

@mike really that's what pushed you over to the mastadon side?

4 Apr 2023 at 0:08 | Open on infosec.exchange
Mike McCue

@CyberMatt1 No. What pushed us over was realizing that #ActivityPub is the future. It's the social Web.

Elon was just the spark that lit the fire that illuminated that future for me and many others.

4 Apr 2023 at 0:13 | Open on flipboard.social
Fleur Chrysalis

@CyberMatt1 @mike Has been to a few peeps, no gatekeeping experience

4 Apr 2023 at 0:58 | Open on mastodon.social
serklarvel

@mike welcome! The more I use Mastodon, the more I like it

4 Apr 2023 at 0:30 | Open on mastodon.social
❄ SnowWrite ❄

@mike I'm sorry to hear that Mike.. I was an avid user of flipboard years ago. I need to reup and use it more often! Welcome to the Fediverse and I was so happy to see you guys left that hellscape. The other day.. my boss asked me to run some experiments for our clients to use Mastodon instead of Twitter for engagement! Here we go..!!

4 Apr 2023 at 0:46 | Open on mastodon.social
Tim Chambers

@mike If it helps, I heard in a recent Verge podcast that they were turning off sharing to Twitter for the same reason, and #Tumblr just did too.

@coachtony - how does this impact Medium.com?

cc: @reckless

4 Apr 2023 at 1:23 | Open on indieweb.social
🌅 Ben Soule ⛱️:coffefied:

@mike Glad you could make the move to greener pastures, bring over the whole fam!

4 Apr 2023 at 1:27 | Open on mstdn.social
Sean G

@mike Yeah, I mean, we’re all pretty done with that place

4 Apr 2023 at 1:34 | Open on mastodon.social
mohaneds

@kidehen @mike This should be a warning for all walled-garden platforms. Despite their features, people should avoid walled-garden competitors to #twitter like #T2, #Spoutible ETC. The same thing will happen to those users eventually.

4 Apr 2023 at 2:06 | Open on mastodon.social
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