Notice of Feature Restrictions for Paid Plans Following Twitter API Monetization
Regarding the feature limitations of the Lite Plan (Free Plan), please refer to previous announcement.
We have decided to partially change the feature limitations for paid plans from the initial announcement. This will result in additional feature limitations for our users. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please review it once more (Added 2023/5/30).
We have resumed providing follower management and follower analysis features (Added 2023/6/8).
Thank you for always using SocialDog.
Due to the recent monetization of the Twitter API, we would like to inform you that we have decided to restrict some features available in SocialDog's paid plans.
We sincerely apologize for this sudden announcement to all our users.
As the cost of using the Twitter API after monetization is extremely high, we decided to significantly restrict the features of the Lite Plan (Free Plan) starting May 16, 2023. However, upon careful review of Twitter API usage within SocialDog, it became clear that restricting only the Lite Plan features would make it difficult to stay within the Twitter API usage limits. Therefore, we regret to inform you that we have also decided to restrict some features for paid plans.
Going forward, to meet your expectations, we will leverage the Enterprise API, which will become available with the monetization of the Twitter API, to provide even more advanced and stable services than before. Regarding the Keyword Monitor, which will be significantly restricted this time, we plan to renew it into a system utilizing the Enterprise API in the future, and will provide features for real-time post acquisition and notification, as well as the ability to search posts from the past 30 days.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our users and appreciate your understanding.
Changes
The features available in paid plans will be changed as follows.
Feature
Business Plan
Pro Plan
Lite+ (formerly Basic) Plan (including former Pro Plan (2016) and former Pro Plan (2017))
Data Acquisition*1
Up to once per day
Up to once per day
Up to once per day
Checking @Tweets (Inbox)** (Updated 2023/5/30)**
Available (No change)
Discontinued
Discontinued
Keyword Monitor** (Updated 2023/5/30)**
Temporarily suspended (from around June 1, 2023. Details on handling during suspension period described below)
Temporarily suspended (from around June 1, 2023. Details on handling during suspension period described below)
Discontinued
Sent Follow Request Display*2
Discontinued
Discontinued
Discontinued
RSS Auto-post Limit for Past 1 Month*3
** (Updated 2023/6/8)**
300
100
30
Checking Tweets posted outside SocialDog (Post History)
** (Updated 2023/5/30)**
No change
Discontinued
Discontinued
Follower Management
** (Updated 2023/6/8)**
Resumed
Resumed
Resumed
Liking Tweets
** (Updated 2023/6/8)**
Discontinued
Discontinued
Discontinued
- *1 "Data Acquisition" retrieves post history, follows/followers, and @tweets. It includes data acquisition from Twitter that occurs automatically on the server, as well as the manual data acquisition feature accessible via the arrow button (Get latest data from Twitter) in the upper left corner of the SocialDog screen.
- *2 "Sent Follow Request Display" is a feature within follower management that shows whether a follow request has been sent to a private account. You will still be able to send follow requests in the future.
- *3 "RSS Auto-post Monthly Limit" is the maximum number of tweets that can be posted via RSS auto-posting within the most recent month (Updated 2023/6/8). This is a newly added restriction. If the "RSS Auto-post Monthly Limit" is reached, tweets exceeding the limit will not be posted.
Effective Date
May 22, 2023 (Changes will be implemented sequentially)
- Changes to the @Tweet checking feature, Keyword Monitor, and the feature for checking tweets posted outside SocialDog (Post History) are scheduled for June 1, 2023.
Features Temporarily Suspended (Updated 2023/6/13)
Keyword Monitor
Due to contractual issues with the Twitter API, we will temporarily suspend the Keyword Monitor feature. However, the Keyword Monitor will be rebuilt using the paid version of the Twitter API, Enterprise API (Full Archive Search), and will be released shortly.
Q&A
Q. What is the Twitter API?
A. The Twitter API is a mechanism that allows external services to utilize Twitter's data. Its monetization was announced by Twitter Inc. in March 2023.
Q. What happens if I have already set up RSS auto-posting?
A. Any RSS auto-posts you have set up previously will continue to function.
However, if the number of tweets posted by RSS auto-posting in a month exceeds the "RSS Auto-post Monthly Limit", RSS auto-posting will cease to operate.
We sincerely apologize for any great inconvenience caused to our customers by these changes to our services. We also deeply regret any trouble caused by these sudden changes.
SocialDog will continue to strive daily for development to provide services that satisfy all users.
We kindly ask for your continued patronage.