Twitters New API Rules Kill Windows 8 App

What 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…
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