Twitter eats its Babies

I think Jon Markwell's comment on Twitter sums it up really: "Something that's been on my mind for a while: Feels like the values of Twitter the company have moved away from those of the product we love" (http://twitter.com/#!/jot/status/81434698773049345)

Twitter-the-product is friendly, sociable and open. Twitter-the-company is increasingly evil - is the recent shift away from being developer-friendly with loose T&Cs to locking everything down something specific to twitter or is it endemic to a company of their size and a product of their growth?

As a semi-regular attendee at devnest since near it's inception I'm frankly quite shocked and appalled that Twitter would do this. It's great and very much welcomed that they participate, in fact it's one of the best reasons. But to want to take over the devnest seems very hostile. I'm scared that the devnest will turn corporate and dry, one of the reasons I dont like the Facebook developer garages.

They did consult with me (@nuxnix) first to be fair to them. I was in favour of the idea because a)they told me in clear terms that they were going to run developer outreach events worldwide anyway including in London and b)I felt we had a shot at better influence and ultimately better governance from the inside. I was very positive about it to them, gave my agreement, and suggested they speak to @jot. I had to make an instant decision and I did. I stand by it.

(This article in full over at wewillraakyou.com) Angus

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