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		waterlesscloud on Aug 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter sets max user caps for 3rd party clients a... Facebook could subvert that in an instant. Literally tomorrow, if they wanted to do so.

continuations on Aug 17, 2012 [–]

Facebook has been trying to so for ages with their "subscribe" button.

nmcfarl on Aug 17, 2012 | [–]

If that’s considered "wanting to subvert Twitter", it’s not twitter who’s in trouble. But I suspect (and hope) that’s not Facebook’s end game with subscribe.

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