This isn't a loophole. It's a documented function of posting the
tweet source. It just so happens that 'web' is a valid source
parameter.
On Jul 4, 4:42 am, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote:
Some clients don't even show the source... Tweetie for example..
There are a billion 3rd party applications out there, so I think if it
says from API it won't betray their use of TweetLater. It just
means that they're using not web ...so who cares?
On a related note, I doubt if Twitter will close the from web source
key loophole because it would be an expensive operation to check and
filter that for every tweet coming from the API. You could even spoof
another application if you know their source key.
In any event, I like this change b/c I like tracking source stats, and
this has given some interesting insight into non-sourced twitter
client usage... which according to my cursory overview is a lot less
than I was expecting.
Carry on,
-Chad
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Dewald Pretoriusdpr...@gmail.com wrote:
For me it is more a matter of user education. When you read the user
comments on my blog, you will see there are a few who said they will
stop using TweetLater if the tweets are labeled with from
TweetLater. There are one of two reasons for that: a) they are
concerned about what their followers will think if they knew that not
all tweets were sent live, or b) they are publishing pretty useless
and perhaps spammy tweets. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if the people
in the b) category stopped using TweetLater.
One of the comments pretty much summed it up for me: If you are
providing your followers with something valuable they won’t care where
the tweets are coming from.
On Jul 3, 12:44 pm, João Pereira joaomiguel.pere...@gmail.com wrote:
I think that who don't want to identify theirs apps are building twitter
spam apps :)
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Dewald Pretorius dpr...@gmail.com wrote:
That's probably true, but I don't believe in trying to game Twitter.
It's a very stupid strategy in the long run. If you want a Twitter
application that fits into the Twitter ecosystem and will be around
for a long time, the best strategy is to be a good and upstanding
neighbor of Twitter.
On Jul 3, 12:29 pm, Chad Etzel jazzyc...@gmail.com wrote:
You could call your application web
/snark
-chad
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Abraham Williams4bra...@gmail.com
wrote:
I don't think so.
Abraham
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 09:57, Dewald Pretorius dpr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Abraham,
Is this optional? Meaning, can one register an OAuth application and
still not have a custom from on the tweets originating from
that application?
On Jul 3, 11:44 am, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote:
There is no approval process anymore. To have a custom from
all
you
have to do is create an OAuth application.
Abraham
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 09:40, shiplu shiplu@gmail.com wrote:
No doubt it will be closed.
But from now on twitter should approve more applications. Cause
many
applications are using this from web and converted to from
API.
Soon they will apply for approval.
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