I’m not the only one who has noticed this, but the #newtwitter is not available to everyone yet, so this feature removal hasn’t gone widespread. In #oldtwitter, you once saw what clients users were tweeting from, whether it was Brizzly, Seesmic, Tweetdeck, Hootsuite or many of the other developers who gave much more functionality to Twitter before it was #newtwitter.
Here’s the Mashable Twitter page in old Twitter. You can see Pete Cashmore uses Hootsuite
The same homepage above is seen again in new twitter below. On #newtwitter, the client attribution is completely removed and hidden in the details section, so users are unlikely see what platform their friends are using. Is this a move to shield users from knowing who is avoiding the webpage and experiencing Twitter entirely through another client? Likely.
Here’s the Mashable Twitter page in #newtwitter. Buh-Bye Hootsuite
Recently, Twitter has received some backlash from developers like Nelson Elhage. Additionally, #newtwitter has copied much of the functionality available on other clients to get users to return to Twitter on the web. Unfortunately, pretending like other clients don’t exist will just anger developers rather than remove them from the Twitter ecosystem.
Robert
Click on the tweet. The attribution is still there.
Sep 25, 2010 @ 1:06 am
Paul Henrich
I didn’t like this change either, but I did notice that “via {client}” isn’t entirely erased from #newtwitter. Click any tweet & it opens in the right panel with some additional context. Here, “via {client}” is displayed.
Sep 25, 2010 @ 1:15 am
admin
Hi Paul! Yes, I said “the client attribution is completely removed and hidden in the details section”
Clicking on the tweet will give you the client, but it’s still a cut to the developer when no one sees where the tweets come from in the stream.
Sep 25, 2010 @ 1:18 am
admin
Hi Robert,
Yes, I did mention that it was hidden in the details section.
Sep 25, 2010 @ 1:19 am
New Twitter design cuts out tweet source links in the stream
[...] observation about the new Twitter.com today that we hadn’t previously noted. Cristina Cordova pointed out that in the new design, there are no longer the same links to tweet sources – i.e. what app [...]
Sep 25, 2010 @ 4:25 am
Paul Henrich
Hi Cristina- Sorry I missed that on my first reading.
Cheers
Sep 25, 2010 @ 4:34 am
George
As a Twitter user, I frankly don’t care about the software used to post the tweet. It’s one less piece of useless information cluttering a rather overwhelming interface.
Sep 25, 2010 @ 10:30 am
Sebbi
@admin: The information is still in the stream, the twitter homepage won’t display it though until you’ve clicked on the tweet. But it’s not missing from the API (and who goes to twitter.com to read tweets anyway?)
Sep 25, 2010 @ 1:51 pm
Bibi Veth
Stom! RT @michielb: Hadn't noticed that yet. RT @newsycombinator: Twitter Removes {client} Attribution in #newTwitter. http://j.mp/bw7Wvh
Sep 26, 2010 @ 6:57 am
gabriela
RT @BVeth: Stom! RT @michielb: Hadn't noticed that yet. RT @newsycombinator: Twitter Removes {client} Attribution in #newTwitter. http://j.mp/bw7Wvh
Sep 26, 2010 @ 6:58 am
Onno Bruins
RT @michielb: Hadn't noticed that yet. RT @newsycombinator: Twitter Removes via {client} Attribution in #newTwitter. Buh-Bye Developers http://j.mp/bw7Wvh
Sep 26, 2010 @ 7:24 am
jarón barends
Slechte ontwikkeling voor devs: RT @newsycombinator: via {client} Attribution removed in #newTwitter. http://j.mp/bw7Wvh /via @michielb
Sep 26, 2010 @ 7:25 am
Danijel Dercksen
RT @BVeth: Stom! Hadn't noticed that yet. RT @newsycombinator: Twitter Removes {client} Attribution in #newTwitter. http://j.mp/bw7Wvh
Sep 26, 2010 @ 10:18 am
Ben Cheng
Cristina Cordova » Archive » Twitter Removes “via {client}” Attribution in #newtwitter. Buh-Bye… http://instapaper.com/zE9iyhn17
Sep 26, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
@AnitaNelson
RT @joycecherrier: RT @TweetSmarter: #NewTwitter hides other Twitter clients: http://j.mp/9RBNmw #NotGood
Sep 26, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
Dian ☀
RT @ModelSupplies RT @joycecherrier: RT @TweetSmarter: #NewTwitter hides other Twitter clients: http://j.mp/9RBNmw #NotGood
Sep 26, 2010 @ 1:50 pm
admin
@Sebbu according to the Twitter blog, most people go to twitter.com http://blog.twitter.com/2010/09/evolving-ecosystem.html
Sep 26, 2010 @ 10:22 pm
Malcolm Winslett
@MackeyLeah it doesn't have a real name, its just an Attribution or I've yet to hear of a specific name. see here http://bit.ly/bw7Wvh
Feb 15, 2011 @ 9:44 pm
Leah Mackey
@Lewis502 That's what I'm calling it! @malwinsc shared a post w/ me where it is called "client attribution" http://bit.ly/bw7Wvh thoughts?
Feb 15, 2011 @ 10:22 pm