Are you a developer? There is a platform that want to apologize to you and to have you … – IDG.se

The new times for developers, promises Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Yesterday was the company’s developer conference Flight and the new head expressed a public apology for the way they behaved.

– Somewhere along the way, our prior relationship with developers has become a bit complicated, confusing and a little unpredictable. And we want to come to you today, and first of all apologize for the confusion. We want to give our relationship a reboot and ensure that we learn that we are listening and that we are implementing a new beginning, he said during his keynote.

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The conflict with third-party developers took off for three years ago. When Twitter started to stop them from using micro blog api. In practice, they pulled the plug for the majority of third-party developers’ business.
 

Twitters new CEO Jack Dorsey apologized for how the company behaved towards third parties. Photo: Twitter.

 To further infuriate the developers, the company has continually shown that they are secondary, says analyst Brian Blau at Gartner.

 

 - Most of the problems has centered on minor issues, such as focusing on ease of use, productivity and platform integrity, he told IDG News.

 
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The analyst Patrick Moorhead at Moor Insights & amp; Strategy call Twitter’s relationship with developers “schizophrenic”. The numerous, small interference points has allowed developers hesitated to invest heavily in the company’s services, he says.

 

 - Twitter need to let the developers know exactly where will take place, and where they should not. If they do not resolve it, they will find fewer and fewer developers that highlights Twitter’s innovations. Otherwise, Twitter will grow more slowly, he told IDG News.

 

 There also appears to be Jack Dorsey’s main message to the developers: we want you back.

 

 During the conference, now including updates of its developer platform fabric, it’ll be easier to share using apps, and better analysis of how people use their Twitter apps.

 

 The apology and the news might be a first step in building confidence again.