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Re:Twitter sets max user caps for 3rd party clients and limi... by waterlesscloud on Thursday August 16, 2012 @08:25PM (#4394416)
Facebook could subvert that in an instant. Literally tomorrow, if they wanted to do so.
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Re:Twitter sets max user caps for 3rd party clients and limi... by continuations on Thursday August 16, 2012 @08:37PM (#4394450)
Facebook has been trying to so for ages with their "subscribe" button.
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Re:Twitter sets max user caps for 3rd party clients and limi... by nmcfarl on Thursday August 16, 2012 @11:02PM (#4394866)
If that’s considered "wanting to subvert Twitter", it’s not twitter who’s in trouble. But I suspect (and hope) that’s not Facebook’s end game with subscribe.
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