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# If only...
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2010/09/if_only/
- Published: 2010-09-01T09:58:47.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-28T12:57:28.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: IT, X (Twitter)

This is how the Tweet buttons looked on this blog briefly last night:

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Shortly thereafter, it returned to its accustomed single-digit level. It was probably something to do with Twitter’s switch to \[OAuth\](http://oauth.net "OAuth")-only authentication overnight.

i wonder how many managed-IT publishing houses have all sorts of problems with people’s Twitter clients stopping working this morning?

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