[twitter-dev] status id

[Ki]

i assume status id is auto generated.
are there any situations where the id is manually set?
for example, from id 1000 to 2000 for consecutive status updates that
comes into twitter?

[twitter-dev] Status Id question

[Guna]

Quick question from a a newbie to the API development.

Is there a way to connect a reply to a status update to the original
message?

i.e.

if Joe posts - who has a red car?

many people can reply to this message which is all public.

then after 4 hours Mary replies to that post and says - i do..

however, since Joe receives many many updates because he has thousands
of followers, he don't know why Mary is saying i do after 4 hours.

Is there a way to take a look at Mary's status update with the message
I do and connect it to Joe's original question who has a red car?

I only find status id and not reply_to_status_id.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Guna

[twitter-dev] Status ID closing in on maximum unsigned integer

[Matt Sanford]

Hi all,

Just a quick heads up. Our status id is fast approaching the
maximum unsigned integer value. Based on all of the feedback on
scaling I've received from this list I'm assuming everyone will be
fine. One thing to check is your table definitions … no amount of
interpreted language will save you from that. I think the tipping
point will be this afternoon sometime but with the planned maintenance
it might end up being later in the day.

Thanks;
  — Matt Sanford / @mzsanford