[twitter-dev] Fail Whale

2010-06-14 Thread Ron B
Anybody else noticing that Twitter appears to be down hard at the moment (actually for about 20 mins now)?

[twitter-dev] Re: Fail Whale

2010-06-14 Thread Ron B
: Yes!! Here too... I am from India FYI On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Ron B rbtheron...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody else noticing that Twitter appears to be down hard at the moment (actually for about 20 mins now)? -- Thanks Regards Rajiv Verma Bangalore E-Mail: rajiv

[twitter-dev] Re: t.co mixed messages

2010-06-10 Thread Ron B
Hi Taylor, So is it correct to assume that my users will no longer be able to advertise their webpage links through a direct appearance of that link in their tweets (i.e. http://www.mygreatwebsite.com), because this new initiative will always obfuscate the link within a t.co wrapper? In fact, is

[twitter-dev] Re: link wrapping on the API

2010-06-09 Thread Ron B
Users are accustomed to the fact that use of *free* services is entirely *as is* and at their own risk, so none of us should feel we have to protect their privacy or their security beyond this original expectation. If they don't like the performance, security, or privacy implications of this

[twitter-dev] Twitter Fail Whale All Morning

2010-06-09 Thread Ron B
Is anyone else hearing complaints about Twitter Fail Whale popping up practically continuously all morning?

[twitter-dev] Re: link wrapping on the API

2010-06-09 Thread Ron B
. :) On Jun 9, 11:47 am, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky zn...@borasky- research.net wrote: Quoting Ron B rbtheron...@gmail.com: Users are accustomed to the fact that use of *free* services is entirely *as is* and at their own risk, so none of us should feel we have to protect their privacy

[twitter-dev] Source param in Lists timelines

2010-05-11 Thread Ron B
The source param in Lists timelines seems to be hardwired to web. Is this on purpose, or is something wrong? i.e. http://api.twitter.com/1/user/lists/list_id/statuses.format, yields sourceweb/source.

[twitter-dev] Re: Source param in Lists timelines

2010-05-11 Thread Ron B
seeing unique source tags corresponding to the origin of the updates. Is it possible that the tweets you're evaluating in your list were all, in fact, posted via web? Taylor Singletary Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/episod On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Ron B rbther...@gmail.com

[twitter-dev] Re: Schedule for API call rate increases with oAuth?

2010-04-27 Thread Ron B
Some of you talk about an app as if it were a person. Sure, apps could be malicious, but that includes every app on your computer - doesn't it? Why should you assume some of the apps handling your credentials can be more trustworthy than others? Any app that is on your computer while you type

[twitter-dev] Re: Schedule for API call rate increases with oAuth?

2010-04-27 Thread Ron B
Hi Raffi, Didn't mean to sound like lambasting. I have read the history on OAuth, which is why I commented as I did. I agree with both of your points. Both are very good reasons to implement OAuth. I just don't believe protecting users against their own app is a fundamental reason to

[twitter-dev] Re: Schedule for API call rate increases with oAuth?

2010-04-26 Thread Ron B
Where end-user credentials are stored is entirely up to the end-user, as is who they choose to share the information with. OAuth does not and cannot address this, as it shouldn't - and neither should Twitter When a user types their username/password on the Twitter authorization screen, they are

[twitter-dev] Re: Schedule for API call rate increases with oAuth?

2010-04-26 Thread Ron B
at 17:49, philip crawford philipha...@gmail.comwrote: With a users twitter password, I can take over their account by changing email password.  Can I do that with OAuth credentials? On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Ron B rbther...@gmail.com wrote: Where end-user credentials are stored

[twitter-dev] Re: Schedule for API call rate increases with oAuth?

2010-04-26 Thread Ron B
you think it is... On Apr 26, 7:49 pm, philip crawford philipha...@gmail.com wrote: With a users twitter password, I can take over their account by changing email password.  Can I do that with OAuth credentials? On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Ron B rbther...@gmail.com wrote: Where end

[twitter-dev] Re: countdown to OAuth / basic auth removal / OAuthcalypse

2010-04-25 Thread Ron B
China's policy didn't just recently change, Twitter's did. So it is Twitter telling us that we may not be able to support China and other firewall blocked countries any longer. It is, after all, within Twitter's power to continue to support Basic Auth. It is their conscious decision not to,