Many well-known Twitter clients went down on Friday, including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon. Users were unable to access their accounts or view their timelines. At first, it appeared to be a flaw in the Twitter API, but when the company went silent, new information revealed that Twitter had purposefully restricted access to third-party apps. The …
It seems as though third-party apps such as Echofon, Twitterific, Tweetbot and Fenix are being banned from accessing Twitter’s API. The social media platform has not responded to queries about the same.