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Some third-party Twitter apps no longer work

The Iconfactory, State of the Twitterverse :

News quickly spread on Twitter and Mastodon that a wide range of third party apps like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, Echofon, and many others had been disabled. Strangely, Twitterrific for macOS continues to work normally. We cannot say for certain why some clients are unaffected, but it seems possible that there is a new (seemingly unstated and unannounced) policy that is only being applied to apps with large numbers of users.

Can't wait for the Chirp Developer Conference.

What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried?

Melissa de White interviewing Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford News

Why are so many tech companies laying people off right now?

The tech industry layoffs are basically an instance of social contagion, in which companies imitate what others are doing. If you look for reasons for why companies do layoffs, the reason is that everybody else is doing it. Layoffs are the result of imitative behavior and are not particularly evidence-based.