Live Blog: True Anthem Updates – Twitter API Access

To follow moment-to-moment updates, we will be updating this blog post throughout the day with developments related to API Changes with Twitter and the status of your social posting with True Anthem to the Twitter platform.

Tue Feb 14 3:30 PM PST — Discussion are ongoing regarding a longer-term solution with Twitter and we are awaiting further details from Twitter regarding their new Basic API offering– which should be announced later this week.

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Mon Feb 13 4:30 PM PST — We’ve received confirmation today from a Twitter Partner Manager that True Anthem’s Twitter application ids have been whitelisted and no interruption of service is expected when API changes go into effect today, Monday, Feb 13.

Discussion are ongoing regarding the longer-term solution and we are awaiting further details from Twitter regarding their new Basic API offering and whether access levels are adequate. Twitter announced today that they are delaying launch of their new API offering “by a few more days” …

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Mon Feb 13 9:00 AM PST — No further updates/announcements from Twitter re: API changes nor details from Twitter re: a timeline for the changes. As communicated earlier, we believe our customers’ social posting to Twitter via True Anthem should not be affected when the API changes go into effect today, Monday, Feb 13.

We are currently awaiting further details from Twitter regarding Basic access to the APIs to replace their previous access levels. As soon as those details are revealed, we’ll assess whether these levels are adequate to solve our collective needs.

We’ll share updates here as more information is available. Regardless, we’ll continue to provide updates here every ~12 hours with a status update.

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Sun Feb 12 8:45 PM PST — No updates or announcements from Twitter since our update earlier this morning; as communicated earlier, we believe our customers’ social posting to Twitter via True Anthem should not be affected when the API changes go into effect after Monday, Feb 13. As more information is available in the morning, we’ll share updates here.

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Sun Feb 12 7:52 AM PST — Discussions with Twitter re: API Changes are ongoing; we believe our customers’ social posting to Twitter via True Anthem should not be affected when the API changes go into effect after Monday, Feb 13. We are determining the best path forward with Twitter re: fair pricing for API access and covering costs for the access we require.

More details to be sent via email this morning.

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