Twitter is blocking Meerkat’s auto-tweet feature, stunting the app’s recent rapid growth

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by Sindy Cator on March 2, 2015 at 5:41 pm

Well, that didn’t take long. After a viral growth spurt in its user numbers yesterday, live video streaming service Meerkat has now been handicapped by Twitter. Hi @dickc! today @ 6:30am @twitter blocked all outgoing tweets posted via @appmeerkat even though we work well within the Api -any idea why? — Ben Rubin (@benrbn) March 2, 2015 Users are finding the Meerkat app is no longer automatically tweeting out new streams or comments posted on these streams. The block essentially removes everything that made the app so convenient, and could potentially put a stop to its recent growth. To recap, Meerkat allows users to easily…