[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-28 Thread Michael Pelz-Sherman
t: Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:52:56 PM Subject: [twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property Well thought out and logical Peter. This is exactly how we think about it internally. Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-28 Thread Doug Williams
Well thought out and logical Peter. This is exactly how we think about it internally. Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Peter Denton wrote: > I agree with the fact that it would be a good thing for the api develo

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-28 Thread Peter Denton
I agree with the fact that it would be a good thing for the api developers to get as a tidbit, but if I were at Twitter Product I would decline this because it adds complexity to the registration process that does not translate to value for the users on twitter.com. If I am a one man shop design fi

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-28 Thread Abraham Williams
http://wefollow.com/ is an example of mass numbers of twitter users classifying themselves. Yes the data is not as deep as if twitter itself provided the classification but it helps keept twitter.com clean and simple. I don't think this adds as much value you think it will but I could be proven w

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-28 Thread MPS
Sure, someone could develop a service for classifying twitter accounts, but that's less than ideal for a number of reasons: - introduces yet another 3rd party service that developers have to deal with - multiple account classification systems would result in less meaningful data - Twitter is the

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-27 Thread Chad Etzel
Need to classify a twitter account? There's an app for that! ...maybe -Chad On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sounds like a third party app to me. > > 2009/5/27 Adam Covati >> >> Hmm, could definitely be of some use. Of course, with no policing it >

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-27 Thread Abraham Williams
Sounds like a third party app to me. 2009/5/27 Adam Covati > > Hmm, could definitely be of some use. Of course, with no policing it > would not be entirely reliable, but I guess it could help in a number > of different ways. The difficult part is classifying things, I would > probably want a few

[twitter-dev] Re: Proposal: account_type property

2009-05-27 Thread Adam Covati
Hmm, could definitely be of some use. Of course, with no policing it would not be entirely reliable, but I guess it could help in a number of different ways. The difficult part is classifying things, I would probably want a few more types 1. Personal - your standard user on twitter 2. Business -