Comments on: Tweetie Update Blocked by Apple for Twitter’s Potty-Mouth

By: Rumor Has It: Apple to Open the Door for More “Mature” Apps With iPhone 3.0

Tue, 05 May 2009 16:02:06 +0000

[...] other hand, hopefully they can avoid things like the recent NIN: Access snafu or the rejection of a Tweetie update that seem to have a very negative effect on the public’s perception of the Apple [...]

By: Baby Shaker App Fiasco Underscores Need for Change from Apple

Baby Shaker App Fiasco Underscores Need for Change from Apple — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:56:56 +0000

[...] Because as of right now, considering this screw up, the Instapaper/Pocket God issue, and the Tweetie misunderstanding regarding foul language, it seems like there are ten guys at the office who draw straws to see [...]

By: Weekly App Store Picks: March 14, 2009 - TheAppleBlog

Weekly App Store Picks: March 14, 2009 - TheAppleBlog — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:06:00 +0000

[...] On Tuesday, the latest update of Tweetie — my fave app for tweeting — was blocked from release by Apple. It’s all to do with ‘objectionable content’ namely a very naughty word, our own Darrel Etherington explains everything. [...]

By: lair360

lair360 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:38:35 +0000

Tweetie Updates blocked?
That is crazy! There are hundreds and thousands of users using this application and apple blocked the updates??

Seriously, apple corp should sort themselves out first…

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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:36:22 +0000

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News-Mix: Mittelwichtige Infos der letzten 24 Stunden — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:25:52 +0000

[...] war ausschlaggebend für die auf dem Fuß folgende Ablehnung durch das AppStore-Kontrollteam. Wie TheAppleblog und andere berichteten, störte sich Apples Eingangskontrolle an der Darstellung aktuell populärer [...]

By: Apple Cuts Down “A Real Tree,” Shuns Charity Apps - TheAppleBlog

Apple Cuts Down “A Real Tree,” Shuns Charity Apps - TheAppleBlog — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:17:17 +0000

[...] Etherington and No one has commented Yesterday we covered Apple’s seemingly automated rejection of a new Tweetie update, which has thankfully since been reversed. It must’ve been a no brainer once they realized [...]

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:33:51 +0000

@Steven Rushing: Trust me, we’re not trying to be ANYTHING like TUAW. I’d consider us a failure if we somehow “replaced” TUAW. Plus, we did post this yesterday…so I do agree it’s “yesterdays” news. :)

It looks like the app got approved literally minutes after we published this.

Regardless, this is still a relevant post to spark another discussion on the issue of Apple using their heavy hand to control the App Store.

By: Galley

Galley — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:56:21 +0000

Tweetie 1.3 is out now.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:13:31 +0000

I had a similar situation 2 days ago http://tinyurl.com/bafkxq

I have an application already in the App Store called Diggle that shows articles from Digg. I submitted a “lite” version for review but it was rejected because, at the time the review tested the app, there was swearing in one of Digg’s top stories.

I’ve since resubmitted in the hope someone with a little common sense get’s to review it next time.

By: Champs

Champs — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:45:52 +0000

Apple made a reversal because not even Tom Reestman could conjure a tortured justification for this kind of boneheadedness.

By: robertsoakes

robertsoakes — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:36:03 +0000

Glad to see it got resolved. Most of the time I think that the App Store is a joke. Apple can't receive enough bad publicity for stupidity like this. So far, it seems like they've rectified the concerns in almost every case, which ultimately helps the platform. And contrary to the hype, the platform needs some help. There really aren't all that many very impressive apps for the iPhone/iPod Touch (excepting the games, perhaps). And there are some very simple things that I've been able to do with my Palm pilot for years that my iPod touch still can't do (like sync notes and tasks). With no real competition (yet), it seems that the complaining from the media is the best hope to get these things resolved.

By: John Johnson

John Johnson — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:45:54 +0000

Old news. 1.3 was already accepted and this seems to have been resolved in a manner of hours, based on Tweetie’s twitter page.

By: Steven Rushing

Steven Rushing — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:45:39 +0000

Yeah, this was yesterday’s news… Today’s news is that Apple approved the app. TAB is taking to long to ape TUAW =)

By: Greg McBride

Greg McBride — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:32:41 +0000

I guess they changed their mind because I just downloaded the update tonight.