Shortly
after Twitter introduced a way to embed classic MS-DOS games in a
tweet, the company has now disabled this feature as it goes against
company policies to have a playable game within the website. Prior to
this move, users could embed games in tweets and could share any of the
2,600 games or more in the Internet Archive’s library of MS-DOS games.
A
report by The Guardian states that embedding interactive media, and
specifically games, within Twitter Cards is against the social network’s
terms of service. Twitter guidelines point out that, ‘Do not build
end-to-end interactive experiences inside the video or audio player
unrelated to Player Card content, such as the following: purchasing,
gaming, polling, messaging and data entry.’
Following
its policies, Twitter has now disabled the feature. But, users can yet
visit the Internet Archive directly and play their favorite old classic
games. A report by TechTimes pointed out that, it is possible for the
game to return only if, developers work on another type of Twitter card
to host the MS-DOS games.
“Instead,
build these interactive experiences with our other Card types or
enhance your Player Card content with links to your website or mobile
application,” says Twitter in its Player Card’s guidelines.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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