August 16th. That's when the new Twitter API changes roll out, along with the fees they're going to charge third party developers. Twitter wants to charge $399 for up to 25 users, $629 for up to 50, $1199 for up to 100 and $2899 for up to 250 user "subscriptions".
That'll be the death of the third party apps, which I'm guessing is how most people access Twitter, at least on mobile. Could put quite a crimp in Twitter's user base, if everyone doesn't switch over to the official Twitter app.
This is all kinda stupid.
Why is this even a first amendment issue? Twitter is a private company.
No one is making him read replies, and they're easily ignored.
This sounds more like an issue for Twitter, which it appears how has to implement something to prevent politicians from blocking Tweets.
The First Amendment is the right to free speech, not making other people listen to what you say.
Finally, this may be great now, but it'll prevent future presidents from doing that too.
I think this thing is going to be struck down.
The scientists who ridiculed him called it "settled science", and even drove him out of scientific journals because of it.
I think you're grossly underestimating the way the scientific community pressures scientists when they think things are "settled".
The best story about "settled science" I've ever heard was about ulcers.
Barry Marshall was ridiculed for this hypothesis that peptic ulcers and gastric cancer could be related to bacteria, because other scientists didn't believe that bacteria could live in the stomach with all that acid.
So what did he do? He DRANK A PETRI DISH containing the bacteria he suspected of causing the problem and.... he was proven right Got a Nobel prize in Medicine in 2005 because of it too.
And that's just one of the reasons when I hear someone screaming "the science is settled", I just laugh.
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August 16th. That's when the new Twitter API changes roll out, along with the fees they're going to charge third party developers. Twitter wants to charge $399 for up to 25 users, $629 for up to 50, $1199 for up to 100 and $2899 for up to 250 user "subscriptions". That'll be the death of the third party apps, which I'm guessing is how most people access Twitter, at least on mobile. Could put quite a crimp in Twitter's user base, if everyone doesn't switch over to the official Twitter app.
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This is all kinda stupid. Why is this even a first amendment issue? Twitter is a private company. No one is making him read replies, and they're easily ignored. This sounds more like an issue for Twitter, which it appears how has to implement something to prevent politicians from blocking Tweets. The First Amendment is the right to free speech, not making other people listen to what you say. Finally, this may be great now, but it'll prevent future presidents from doing that too. I think this thing is going to be struck down.
The scientists who ridiculed him called it "settled science", and even drove him out of scientific journals because of it. I think you're grossly underestimating the way the scientific community pressures scientists when they think things are "settled".
The best story about "settled science" I've ever heard was about ulcers. Barry Marshall was ridiculed for this hypothesis that peptic ulcers and gastric cancer could be related to bacteria, because other scientists didn't believe that bacteria could live in the stomach with all that acid. So what did he do? He DRANK A PETRI DISH containing the bacteria he suspected of causing the problem and.... he was proven right Got a Nobel prize in Medicine in 2005 because of it too. And that's just one of the reasons when I hear someone screaming "the science is settled", I just laugh.