Ngaphezulu nje kweeyure ezingama-24, abafana abaku-Twitter bandise inani labalinganiswa baba ngama-280, beshiya umda kubalinganiswa abali-140 abasikhaphileyo ukusukela ekuzalweni kwe-Twitter. Iiyure ezingama-24, uninzi lwabasebenzisi abathandayo abathengi iTweetbot ikhuphe nje uhlaziyo, iyahambelana nokwandiswa koonobumba abenziwe yi-Twitter.
Umphuhlisi weTweetbot uhlala ebonakalisiwe, ubuncinci kule minyaka idlulileyo, ukuba abe ngowokuqala ukuhlaziya izicelo zabo kuye ngamnye wezinto ezinqabileyo ezenziwa ngumsunguli we-Twitter kule minyaka idlulileyo, okoko ebuyile kwinkampani njengoJack Dorsey.
Umphuhlisi weTweetbot ukuqinisekisile oko okwangoku ayinikezeli ngenkxaso ye-in-app yokuthatha uphandonjengoko i-Twitter ingakhange ikhuphe i-API kawonke-wonke yabaphuhlisi ukuba bayiphumeze. I-Tweetboot 4 ifuna i-iOS 10.3 okanye ngaphezulu kwaye inexabiso le-9,99 euros, nangona okwangoku ifumaneka nge-5,49 euro, ixabiso elikwabandakanya nohlobo lwe-iPad enkosi kwinto yokuba isicelo siyindalo iphela, kuba i-Tweetboot engu-4 yayi kukhutshwa.
Kodwa ayinguye kuphela uguqulelo oluhlaziyiweyo nguTwitter, kuba abasebenzisi bale nguqulo yesi sicelo seMac, uhlaziyo olutsha luyafumaneka ebavumela ukuba bathumele ii-tweets ukuya kuthi ga kubalinganiswa abangama-280. I-Twitter yaqala ukukhupha olu lwandiso ngoSeptemba walo nyaka, kwaye ukusukela ngoko kwaye ngenxa yempumelelo ebenayo phakathi kwabasebenzisi abanethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukuba bazame, igqibe ekubeni ingalindi ixesha elide kwaye inikezele ngolwandiso esidlangalaleni.
I-Twitter ifuna ukutsala abantu abaninzi kangangoko kwiplatifomu ukuze bandise inani labasebenzisi apho limileyo, malunga nezigidi ezingama-300, ke olu lwandiso lunokuba yile nto Abasebenzisi abaninzi babelinde ukuvuya.