I recently applied to be an approved developer to make an open-source twitter client in react native. I was swiftly rejected without explanation. I know the developer guidelines say to not replicate the twitter experience, but I had tons of plans for new features and customization options, and lots of open-source twitter clients (which are much less transformative than mine would be) DO exist (none of which are written in react native, which is why I wanted to make the project in the first place). It’s possible that I didn’t make a clear enough case for why my client would be different, and that’s fine, but I can make that case and I’d like to know who I can talk to in order to explain in more detail why my idea doesn’t violate twitter’s policies. Or if I’m wrong, I’d like to find somebody who can explain in more detail what policies my application would violate, regardless of whatever changes I could make to it.
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We are unable to talk to specific requests for API access in a public forum for many reasons including user and developer privacy, and sheer volumes of requests for access to the API on a daily basis.
If your goal is to build a “Twitter client” that substantially duplicates the Twitter native client app experience then we would generally caution you against this on the basis of best use of your time; adherence to the developer policy; and on the understanding that Twitter has not prioritized API features in this space for the past 5 years and has no immediate plans to change this perspective.
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