Some third-party Twitter apps aren’t working proper now | Engadget

Several third-party purchasers for Twitter are having points speaking with the social community, resulting in points that forestall customers from having the ability to log in. As TechCrunch studies, Tweetbot and Twitterific have each confirmed that they are having issues and are looking for the foundation reason behind the problem. “We’ve reached out to Twitter for more details, but haven’t heard back,” Tweetbot introduced. 

Fenix has additionally confirmed that its shopper for Android is experiencing issues however that its iOS app appears to be unaffected. Matteo Villa, the app’s developer, mentioned Fenix for Android was suspended with no communication from the corporate. Villa tweeted a screenshot exhibiting a notification that claims Fenix “violated Twitter Rules and policies” and might not be accessed because of this. The developer has quickly pulled the app from Google Play whereas making an attempt to find out the trigger. 

Twitpane has posted an announcement in Japanese that claims customers have been getting errors, reminiscent of “account authentication failed,” that forestall them from having the ability to entry the app. Other purchasers that appear to be experiencing points embody Echofon, Feather and Talon. 

Twitter has but to difficulty an announcement by means of any of its official accounts. On the Twitter Developer forum, a poster mentioned customers have been encountering lots of bugs with the Twitter API for third social gathering apps since December. It’s unclear what precisely has been stopping third-party apps from accessing the social community, and since Twitter not has a communications crew, even the affected builders have but to listen to from the corporate straight.