[wp-hackers] Proposal: Twitter Support in Core

[mrmist]

In message <7962235.241233681820028.JavaMail.DELL-1405$@Dell-1405>, Mike 
Schinkel <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> writes
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>Thoughts?
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Twitter is an external service.  It is not an essential tool required in 
order to blog.  If you open up WordPress Core to it you are opening up 
any associated security holes and bloating the product.

It's definite plugin land.  Even Akismet is a plugin, albeit bundled.

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mrmist