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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Didn't I warn people not to build applications or services that depend on proprietary platforms? Why yes, I did. So I can't really work up too much angst over the "huge consequences on scholars' ability to conduct their research" (as media Awareness Network puts it) caused by Twitter's new terms of service. I mean really, what did you expect? "This morning TwapperKeeper, the Twitter-based service that allowed users to create and export archives of Tweets around certain words or hashtags, announced that it would be shutting down a number of key features of the service to remain in compliance with Twitter's Terms of Service."

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