Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-13 Thread Adam Green
Confirming limits is not Twitter HQ's strength. I can see why. They want to keep their options open. Instead of asking for approval, why not start a petition to get what you need? Put up a message here stating a case for more DMs. Explain why you want it. Ask other devs to sign on with a confirmin

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-13 Thread Trevor Dean
I appreciate the feedback but the issue is that our clients send DM's to their customers and the customer base could and has grown beyond 250 users. We have whitelisted the clients that needed increased rate limits so we are ok for now but this could effect how we deal with future clients. Ther

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-13 Thread Xristofer Obbit
Why not have each client register a notification account with your app that sends a DM to their main account. That gives every client 250 DMs. Better yet, make it a private account and push notifications as status updates giving you 1000/day while keeping privacy. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12,

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:07:36 -0500, Trevor Dean wrote: I agree, don't be so quick to judge. We have an opt-in based service and out clients have thousands of customers that explicitly say "yes send me direct messages". The information we send is requested by the end user and is not spam. So

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread Trevor Dean
I agree, don't be so quick to judge. We have an opt-in based service and out clients have thousands of customers that explicitly say "yes send me direct messages". The information we send is requested by the end user and is not spam. So you can imagine that a client with a large user base cou

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:28:43 -0500, Dossy Shiobara wrote: Indeed, if you figure someone can send a customized DM once per 15 seconds, and an hour at Turk costs you $0.05/hour, you can consume 250 DM's/day in 62.5 minutes - you're talking less than $0.10/day to have someone send DM's on Twitter

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread Dossy Shiobara
Indeed, if you figure someone can send a customized DM once per 15 seconds, and an hour at Turk costs you $0.05/hour, you can consume 250 DM's/day in 62.5 minutes - you're talking less than $0.10/day to have someone send DM's on Twitter for you, personalized by a human ... If a script off rent-a-c

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:29:23 -0500, Dossy Shiobara wrote: It's an unfortunate reality, but for every one legitimate application of DM's, there's 100 projects being posted to rent-a-coder asking for an "auto DM script" ... As developers that use the Twtiter API, we're all collateral damage to

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread Dossy Shiobara
It's an unfortunate reality, but for every one legitimate application of DM's, there's 100 projects being posted to rent-a-coder asking for an "auto DM script" ... As developers that use the Twtiter API, we're all collateral damage to the scammers and spammers. Yes, it sucks, but there's no other

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: DM rate limit

2011-02-12 Thread Tom van der Woerdt
Actually, the limit is 250 per account, not 250 DMs per IP. Tom On 2/12/11 9:10 PM, DaveH wrote: Dossy: Don't be so quick to condemn. I have an app that uses DMs and ALL DM traffic is generated by users and they know it--so there is no spamming. There are legitimate uses of DMs that users are