Glenn FleishmanI just figured out why Elon Musk pulled the plug abruptly on third-party Twitter apps. It’s an experiment. He’s not communicatinganything he’s doing for that reason. He’s looking at metrics to see if killing third-party apps' access to the API results in a reduction in usage and engagement that makes him think he should re-enable it, and then issue a false apology or whatever.
BetalogueHard to imagine that the level of “engagement” generated by third-party app users registers as little more than a blip in Twitter’s overall stats. So if you’re right, there won’t be any significant reduction and the change will become permanent. Also, you’re giving Musk too much credit. I don’t think he cares enough about this issue to do such a thing. He just sees the API as a way to bypass the ads and the algorithm, and so he pulled the plug. End of story.