Hi Tim - I have only found the one in the example. I will update this thread and the issues list of I find anything more.
On Mar 17, 9:28 pm, Tim Haines <tmhai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Out of curiosity, how many have you found like this? > > Cheers, > > Tim. > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:59 PM, georgios <kapero...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > I was under the impression that screen_names are unique but I came > > across two different users having the same screen_name: > > >http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?user_id=110332760 > >http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?user_id=122406923 > > > The screen_name is Y_H_B and when we access the User Show method by > > screen name (http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml? > > screen_name=Y_H_B) or go to their twitter page (http://twitter.com/ > > Y_H_B) then we are looking at the user with id = 110332760 > > > Does anyone know if this is a bug or a known issue? What happens with > > the "ghost" user 122406923? Is it a valid user? They don't seem to > > have a twitter page since the Y_H_B screen_name is used by someone > > else. > > > Thanks > > Georgios
