[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Paul Kinlan
Hi, As the developer of Twollo here are my thoughts. *Auto un-follow:* I have not implemented it, I am unlikely too - it has lost me users for not doing it. I developed Twollo to help you find people to follow. I have *a lot* of requests to develop a feature that will auto-un-follow after X days

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Jesse Stay
The problem right now with an unfollow limit is that if they do choose to reciprocate following (which is a practice I personally like to do myself for the reasons stated - it's more than just etiquette. I do it because it builds community and encourages conversation.), eventually some users will

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Paul Kinlan
Its an interesting topic. I wouldn't say the 2000 limit would make auto unfollow necessary - you have to remember the people using auto-unfollow are mostly doing it to cycle their accounts get as many followers and not to have a massive skew on their follower/following ratio to make them appear

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Dewald Pretorius
Jesse, Twitter will always be between a rock and a hard place, because one can be certain that there will be folks who will find new ways to take advantage of of any change they make in their rules. Something I have seen with TweetLater is that some people are extremely creative when it comes

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Caliban Darklock
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:49 AM, Jesse Stayjesses...@gmail.com wrote: Honestly, I can't see any legitimate reason for doing a search for people to follow and following more than 200 of those people in a day, other than collecting spam lists or trying to build up following numbers, reducing

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Jesse Stay
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Caliban Darklock cdarkl...@gmail.comwrote: Every number on a computer is a score. The purpose of a score is to get a high one. No matter how you slice it, a vast number of people are going to play Twitter: The Video Game, where the goal is to get as many

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread dewald
Jesse, I'd love for Doug or Alex to get into this discussion, but I suppose it's not up for discussion it would seem. I think it is a matter of Twitter, especially the founding members, going through the agony of seeing their brainchild being used in ways they did not intend, and witnessing

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-10 Thread Caliban Darklock
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Jesse Stayjesses...@gmail.com wrote: Caliban I agree - I'm simply proposing that my solution for follow limits is at least a little better for users than what Twitter is currently doing. What is being done currently hurts the legitimate users more than it

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-09 Thread Abraham Williams
Can someone tweet a summery to @abraham? :-P Thanks, Abraham On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 00:28, Jesse Stay jesses...@gmail.com wrote: Let's discuss the follow limits. I feel, as developer of a tool that allows people to auto-follow, I have a bit of insight into this. While there are many, many

[twitter-dev] Re: Follow Limits - a Discussion

2009-06-09 Thread Jesse Stay
The summary is I propose that the follow limits be dependent on whether a user is following an individual or not. It should only count against me if the user is not following me already and I try to follow them. :-) Jesse On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:35 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: