Twitter’s new system with two APIs, one free and one paid, was supposed to go live yesterday. This didn’t happen, and now the social network says we’ll have to wait a few days for it to happen. This delay was expected by many and adds to the usual chaos on the platform.
Twitter delays its payments API
After the brief announcement last week, there were doubts about whether the social network would be able to roll out this new system in time. With this delay, the fears of many seem to be confirmed.
Maybe in a few days
Twitter stated that the new payment API that the company is proposing has been received with great enthusiasm. Despite this enthusiasm, the launch is delayed, which the company says will take only a few days, without giving a date for the launch. This new paid API requires a payment of $100 per month, the social network announced last week.
The social network hopes to improve the quality of content uploaded to the platform. For users of the free API, the number of publications is limited to 1 500 per month. However, this new system of the social network is controversial. Mainly because they have left third-party users out, a decision that has not gone down well.
The decision to introduce a paid API is seen as a new attempt by Elon Musk to monetize Twitter, a purchase that many still consider a big mistake. Now we have to wait a few more days before this new system is finally introduced. It remains to be seen if the enthusiasm is really that great or if the social network will end up losing more customers and accounts that generate content.