November 16, 2012 by Christina Warren Like+1SharePin ItShareWhat happens when third-party Twitter developers hit the API limit for user tokens? The results aren’t pretty.When Twitter announced its big API changes back in August, one of the most controversial changes was the decision to cap applications that “replicate the core Twitter experience” to 100,000 user tokens (Twitter accounts that can access the app).Twitter clients that had built up large user bases before the API changes went into effect — such as Twitterrific and Osfoora — were allowed to double in size before Twitter said it would pull the plug.The same cannot be said for Twitter clients that saw sizable audiences after the new rules were implemented. Enter Tweetro, a Twitter client for Windows 8 that wanted to offer users the best Twitter experience that follows along with the Windows 8 design guidelines.SEE ALSO: Twitter Policy’s Latest Victim: If This Then ThatTweetro was a free app and quickly became one of the most popular downloads in the Windows Store. Until Twitter brings its official Windows 8 app to the market, Tweetro was one of the best alternatives for Windows 8 users looking for their Twitter fix.Unfortunately for Tweetro, the app was a victim of its own popularity — skyrocketing past 100,000 user tokens in the days after Windows 8′s release. At a certain point, Twitter pulled the plug on offering access to the app and users were unable to login via OAuth.As a result, Lazyworm Applications was forced to pull Tweetro from the Windows Store because the company was unable to service its users
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Twitter’s New API Rules Kill Windows 8 App
