Re: Source of Direct Messages

2009-01-06 Thread Julio Biason
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:13 AM, fastest963 wrote: > Apps should get an API-key or something and then if they wanted their > source name included then they would have to use their API-key and it > would do a lookup key -> name from there? > That would only apply for apps that want their name as th

Re: Source of Direct Messages

2009-01-06 Thread fastest963
Apps should get an API-key or something and then if they wanted their source name included then they would have to use their API-key and it would do a lookup key -> name from there? That would only apply for apps that want their name as the source. Also, if that could be implemented, an optional,

Re: Source of Direct Messages

2009-01-05 Thread Jesse Stay
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Julio Biason wrote: > > The source parameter means nothing. I can change Mitter to identify > itself as Twiterrifc, for example. If they take a road like that, some > spammer can change the parameter to, say, YOUR application and your > users will flock to somethin

Re: Source of Direct Messages

2009-01-05 Thread Julio Biason
The source parameter means nothing. I can change Mitter to identify itself as Twiterrifc, for example. If they take a road like that, some spammer can change the parameter to, say, YOUR application and your users will flock to something else (but, most probably, spammers won't use any source, mean

Source of Direct Messages

2009-01-05 Thread Jesse Stay
In light of the current Phishing scheme, for the sake of my app and others, can Twitter include the source of the DM in the XML returned? At least this way I could start sending my App source id in the feeds so users know which apps DMs come from, and which ones are not identified. I recognize it