Twitter is canceling its Chirp convention for builders amid administration transition, the corporate stated late Thursday. After Elon Musk took over the corporate final month, there have been a number of govt exits and directional modifications within the firm’s product technique. So it’s not stunning that social community is abandoning its plan for the convention’s return after greater than a decade of hiatus.
In a tweet, Twitter’s official account for developer-related bulletins stated that the corporate is “exhausting at work to make Twitter higher for everybody, together with builders” and it’d quickly share some information concerning the subject.
The corporate’s head of developer merchandise, Amir Shevat, didn’t present any particulars concerning the motive behind canceling the convention and simply tweeted “Winds of change” as a response to it.
In June, Parag Agarwal-led Twitter introduced that it’s bringing back the Chirp conference in November. The corporate additionally opened up a contest for developers to point out artistic use instances of its new v2 API with costs like $10,000 for winners of various classes and free entry to the enterprise tier of the API for a yr.
Twitter first held Chirp in 2010 however deserted the occasion the following yr. Whereas the platform has had a strenuous relationship with builders within the final decade, it was attempting to win the neighborhood again with new programs and a refreshed API. What’s extra, the corporate opened up API access to academic researchers last year.
Earlier this yr, it debuted a program called Twitter Toolbox, which highlighted some third-party apps. At the moment, Shevat additionally stated that the corporate was open to exploring fashions like Twitter’s own app store.
Final week, Twitter opened up new endpoints to direct messages through the v2 API that permits third-party apps to supply a greater DM expertise to customers.
It’s unclear what Twitter for builders will appear like within the Musk period. The Tesla CEO has given indications of engineering-led Twitter a number of instances, so builders will hope that they may get higher entry to the corporate’s instruments.
There will likely be questions on what occurs to merchandise like Tweetdeck. The corporate started testing a new version last year with the hope to make it a paid product. Earlier this yr, findings by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong prompt that Twitter might give access to Tweetdeck via its Twitter Blue program. However since Musk is overhauling the subscription program in a large method, there isn’t a method to make sure Tweetdeck could have a spot there.
