{"id":436402,"date":"2022-04-22T15:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-wants-to-bring-the-spotlight-back-to-third-party-apps\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T12:34:50","slug":"twitter-wants-to-bring-the-spotlight-back-to-third-party-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-wants-to-bring-the-spotlight-back-to-third-party-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter wants to bring the spotlight back to third-party apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28cdbb876e8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28cdbb876e8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-wants-to-bring-the-spotlight-back-to-third-party-apps\/#%E2%80%9CTwitter_wants_to_bring_the_spotlight_back_to_third-party_apps%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Twitter wants to bring the spotlight back to third-party apps&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-wants-to-bring-the-spotlight-back-to-third-party-apps\/#Increasing_transparency\" >Increasing transparency<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-wants-to-bring-the-spotlight-back-to-third-party-apps\/#The_future_of_Twitter_app_discovery\" >The future of Twitter app discovery<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CTwitter_wants_to_bring_the_spotlight_back_to_third-party_apps%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Twitter wants to bring the spotlight back to third-party apps&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            After years of a tumultuous relationship with developers, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u2019s now trying hard to win them over again.<\/p>\n<p>In its latest step, the company wants to promote third-party <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s on its platform. The firm\u2019s using <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.twitter.com\/en\/community\/toolbox\">Twitter Toolbox<\/a>, a web page it launched in February, to highlight apps to a select number of users.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/04\/21\/twitter-to-promote-developers-apps-directly-on-its-platform\/\">TechCrunch<\/a>, the experiment is starting off by suggesting safety-related apps to users, such as tools to filter out vile comments.<\/p>\n<p>Amir Shevat, Twitter\u2019s head of Product for its developer platform, told the publication that the company wants to contextualize app suggestions for users based on their actions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Developers] want users and we want to provide them with the right users at the right time \u2014 giving value both to Twitter users, who are at the moment needing those developer innovations, and giving distribution to those developers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can see in the picture below, when a user blocks someone, Twitter might suggest apps such as Block Party, Bodyguard, and Moderate that help you tune your bird site experience by filtering out unwanted content \u2014 going beyond what the platform can do on its own.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1385284 js-lazy\" alt=\"Twitter will now surface third-party apps based on user actions.\" width=\"540\" height=\"924\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment.jpg 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment-123x210.jpg 123w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment-79x135.jpg 79w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment-158x270.jpg 158w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fplugged%2F2022%2F04%2F22%2Ftwitter-dev-third-party-apps-toolbox-analysis%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Twitter will now surface third-party apps based on user actions.\" data-title=\"Share Twitter will now surface third-party apps based on user actions. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Twitter will now surface third-party apps based on user actions. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Twitter will now surface third-party apps based on user actions.<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1385284\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment.jpg\" alt=\"Twitter will now surface third-party apps based on user actions.\" width=\"540\" height=\"924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment.jpg 540w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment-123x210.jpg 123w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment-79x135.jpg 79w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2022\/04\/twitter-in-app-experiment-158x270.jpg 158w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>In 2020, it relaunched its API to third-party app building. And last year, it made it available to a wider set of developers with an easy sign-up process. This app highlight feature is an extension of Twitter\u2019s increasing efforts to support developers.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Bodyguard\u2019s founder and CEO, Charles Cohen, told TechCrunch the app has already benefited from Twitter\u2019s new experiment:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe currently estimate that 25% of users installing Bodyguard come from the Twitter Toolbox website, and we expect that figure to rise to 50% within the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Increasing_transparency\"><\/span>Increasing transparency<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the last few weeks, Elon Musk\u2019s potential bid to take over Twitter has dominated the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A former Twitter employee, Evan Henshaw-Plath, posted <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rabble\/status\/1514793459147677696?s=20&amp;t=bHynVTslKmPKrKwnv7jShg\">a thread<\/a> about how another hostile bid affected developers back in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gross of IdeaLabs allegedly tried to take over Twitter by aggressively buying third-party clients. As a defense mechanism, the company restricted API access to 100k registered users. If you wanted more, you could apply for special permission, but that was rarely approved.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rabble\/status\/1514793459147677696?s=20&amp;t=bHynVTslKmPKrKwnv7jShg\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/rabble\/status\/1514793459147677696?s=20&amp;t=bHynVTslKmPKrKwnv7jShg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, at that time, the social network wasn\u2019t transparent about the issue. So both users and developers that provided unique features with their apps were left disappointed and confused.<\/p>\n<p>With this new program, Twitter\u2019s trying to bring more transparency, and allowing users to experience more features on the platform outside of the native app.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_future_of_Twitter_app_discovery\"><\/span>The future of Twitter app discovery<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shevat told TechCrunch that Twitter\u2019s open to experimenting with models like an app store to increase discovery. But he cautiously said that the world\u2019s full of old marketplaces that no one\u2019s visiting:<\/p>\n<p>I need to make sure that users find value \u2014 maybe I can just surface it in the product instead of a separate marketplace. Maybe I can create a section within the product that surfaces developer innovation.<\/p>\n<p>As a platform, Twitter still has a ton of problems ranging from hate speech moderation to crypto spam bots. While it can\u2019t solve all these issues right away, it can rely on clever developers to make some apps to help out.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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