The latest announcement mentions include_rts for /1/statuses/
user_timeline and /1/statuses/friends_timeline but not for /1/statuses/
home_timeline. Am I alone in desiring include_rts for /1/statuses/
home_timeline as well? I find the current method of blocking retweets
per user to be somewhat
Hey Derek,
The home_timeline includes retweets so the include_rts parameter is
not required. The reason we added the parameter to the user_timeline
and friends_timeline is because those methods, by default, do not
include retweets. This was for backwards compatibility with early
users of the API.