you can rate limit that type of access very easily, although the real issue
the way I see it would be more about the use of gathering personal data in
the process of signing up a new twitter account..
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Jaanus wrote:
> There are ways to limit abuse for account crea
Strictly speaking, there is an API of sorts to create accounts, but limited
to certain partners. Citysearch is using it IIRC. Although it would be great
for mobile clients because there isn't a nice mobile web page to create an
account so it takes a PC to get started for new users. Seen a note on i
On 1/25/2010 8:55 PM, Johnny Honestly wrote:
Twitter is a messenger system. They want people to use the system.
They also want the people to make of the service what they will. If
they opened it up and made affiliates out of developers and producers,
they would have a free marketing force beyond
On 1/25/2010 5:14 PM, Johnny Honestly wrote:
I was just thinking about the very same topic as the OP.
I think Twitter (and other service APIs) would do well to let the
Third Party register users on their behalf.
You'll see.
@mostmodernist
From a spam twitter (swit?) perspective I can under
> So technically I can add a feature the forum software 'follow this
> forum on twitter' but the twitter account has to be created by hand.
>
> Is that about right?
IDNSOWFT, but that is my understanding.
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If Twitter allowed the API to create new accounts, what's to say that
somebody won't create a script to create millions of new accounts?
Ryan
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > Or is the reason this is not implemented anywhere is because this sort
> > of thing is not all
> Or is the reason this is not implemented anywhere is because this sort
> of thing is not allowed by Twitter?
Correct.
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