Benzinga - Elon Musk's Twitter has officially shut down a popular tipping bot ‘MyDogeTip’ used by the Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) community. This bot allowed users to easily tip each other on Twitter with the meme crypto.
What Happened: According to MyDogeCTO, one of the tipping bot designers, the bot got purged alongside many others as a part of Twitter’s new policy to combat automated spam.
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We did receive a response that @MyDogeTip was suspended under the "Platform manipulation and spam" rule. They are considering our appeal and expect to hear back in 5-7. As mentioned, no affect on @MyDogeOfficial app other than Twitter sign up won't work.MyDogeCTO said, “If TwitterSupport is going to shut down MyDogeTip they better be building something awesome for Dogecoin.”— MyDogeCTO (@MyDogeCTO) February 2, 2023
If @TwitterSupport is going to shutdown @MyDogeTip they better be building something AWESOME for dogecoin... Because otherwise it's a tremendous FU to the $doge community. SMH!What’s Next: Doge enthusiasts have spoken out on the seeming suddenness of Twitter's new API policy, which eliminates free access and requires all developers to pay for access.— MyDogeCTO (@MyDogeCTO) February 1, 2023
Ouch, this sucks! Yo Elon, this is not cool (and I have a feeling it was done by mistake - but I might be wrong).'Doge Whisperer', a long-time Dogecoin enthusiast, told Benzinga that this change is not targeted at Dogecoin or its community, but is instead a move toward monetization for Twitter and all developers, companies, and bots that make use of their API.— Mishaboar (@mishaboar) February 1, 2023
Twitter, in an update on Thursday, decided to start charging for access to its API. “Removing spam and generating revenue is a high priority for Twitter but there should’ve been a transition period or at least a heads up,” Doge Whisperer said.
Despite Elon Musk's support for Dogecoin, last year when Twitter allowed users to tip each other in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Dogecoin was not officially added to the list.
Price Action: At the time of writing, DOGE was trading at $0.091, down 2% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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