Twitter Policys Latest Victim: If This Then That [UPDATED]

The online service IFTTT sent a note to users on Thursday afternoon saying it would be removing some abilities with how it interacts with Twitter because of changes in Twitter's new API policy. However, the specific rule IFTTT cites has actually been in place since before the policy changes.

IFTTT, which stands for If This Then That (pronounced "ift" as in "gift"), allows users to create "recipes" for shuttling their data between services. For example, you could create a recipe that automatically sends your Instagram pics to Dropbox ("If I upload a photo to Instagram, then save it to this Dropbox folder").

In the email, IFTTT CEO Linden Tibbets says as of Sept. 27, users will no longer…
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