shiv86

Linked in is the king of dark patterns and practices. I was foolish enough to sign up for a free 30 trial period (of course handing over credit card details with the expectation they wont just automatically charging me and seek my permission before charging). I didn’t check my cc statements for a few months and there you have it ...linked in charged me every month after the trail period ended.

Isnt it a bit risky building app using twitter api ?

So what did you end up doing with it ? ... How did you replace it ?

It would be great if they could start by fixing their API and actually repond to developers on their forums: https://developer.yahoo.com/forums/#/discussion/7106/social-...

Thanks for sharing. Must be tough. But Iam sure you'll move onto bigger and better things in the future.

https://www.google.com/#q=economist+meerkat ... to by pass the pay wall. Twitter continues its bad practices to loyal developers who base their application on their API.

Thanks mate also booked a spot. Live in telegraph hill.

? Doesnt seem to be working

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