Twitter is postponing changes to API usage again

Social media company Twitter is once again postponing changes to the use of its API. The company has announced this. It would again be a delay of a few days. In the meantime, there are still few details about how developers can use the API.

Twitter needs extra time to provide an ‘optimal experience’ to developers, says the company. The changes were supposed to come into effect at the beginning of this week, but that did not happen. Twitter has also not yet announced additional details about how developers can use the API and what subscriptions for it will look like.

Twitter said last week that using the Ads API will cost $100 per month, while Premium subscribers will have to switch to a more expensive Enterprise plan. There remains a limited free version for use of the API, but what is possible with it is still unclear.

Meanwhile Twitter director Elon Musk is talking about a ‘tweak of Twitter’s “algorithm”‘. He seems to aim for his tweets to be more prominent in the feed of many users, something that has been the case since Monday, according to The Verge. Musk is said to have complained internally about a lack of impressions of his tweets. One of the changes Musk has introduced to Twitter is a publicly visible view counter.