Thursday, July 5, 2012

Twitter Cuts Off LinkedIn

As of June 29, users can no longer post updates to LinkedIn from popular microblogging site Twitter. The change marks the end of a two-year partnership between the two social media sites and is the result of Twitter’s clamping down on developers who use their API.  
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Head of Content Ryan Roslansky explained on the LinkedIn blog, “Consistent with Twitter’s evolving platform efforts, Tweets will no longer be displayed on LinkedIn starting later today. We know many of you value Twitter as an additional way to broadcast professional content beyond your LinkedIn connections. Moving forward, you will still be able to share your updates with your Twitter audience by posting them on LinkedIn.”
Just prior to the LinkedIn post going live, Twitter’s Director of Product Michael Sippey announced the change on the Developer blog, in a post called “Delivering Consistent Twitter Experience.” In his announcement, he wrote:

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