Twitter founder Biz Stone has rejected suggestions that the site is shunning developers

March 18, 2011 - PRLog -- He told BBC News that attempts to dissuade companies from writing Twitter client applications were about improving the user experience.

Twitter has come under fire for suggesting that it did not want developers creating software which replicated its own interface.

Critics claim it is about ensuring users view adverts on its site.

Since Twitter's creation, scores of third-party applications have appeared that allow users to write, read and respond to tweets.

However, in a recent blog posting, Twitter's coding chief Ryan Sarver suggested that companies should consider stopping making such software.

The move was condemned by developers who feel they are partly responsible for Twitter's success and are concerned about how they will make money in the future.

But Mr Stone insisted that the company's focus is about providing a consistent experience for the user, no matter how they access the service.

"Historically the best way to do that is not necessarily to create or recreate apps that could be confusing or do the things we are already doing," he said.

"Developers extend our ability to help users, and our end goal is to serve users. Part of that goal can by helped by giving developers opportunities to create new, interesting and innovative ways to help them get more value out of Twitter."

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the best way to do that is not necessarily to create or recreate apps that could be confusing or that already do the things we are doing”

Biz Stone
Twitter co-founder
Too many apps
As an example of the confusion that he believes exists, Mr Stone pointed to the number of Twitter apps available for the iPhone.

They include Twittelator, Twitterific, TweetDeck, Echofon, Tweetcaster, La Twit, Tweetaholic, TweetList, TweetBird and TweetBoard.

Mr Stone explained that since Twitter had brought out its own official clients the number of users had skyrocketed.

However, research carried-out by media analytics firm Sysomos suggests that third-party applications are still widely used.

The company looked at 25 million tweets, sent on the day that Twitter unveiled its new policy. It found that 42% were sent from unofficial apps.

"The question for developers is to ask themselves is how they can best serve the users," said Mr Stone.
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