Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-23 Thread John Kalucki
The utility of various use cases has to be balanced with the overall Twitter experience that affects every Twitter user. I'd guess that the product team is generally going to bias away from exposing unfollows to the population at large, while not restricting unfollow discovery from motivated partie

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-21 Thread Abraham Williams
I actually had one time where someone interesting that I wanted to follow unfollowed me and when I noticed because of @unfollowr I started following them and they followed me back. :) On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 19:10, Cameron Kaiser wrote: > > > > Also, unfollows should be treated the same as follo

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> > > Also, unfollows should be treated the same as follows. I know its sad > > > when an unfollow happens, but this is important information too. > > > > I disagree. I think unfollows should be totally without penalty, and making > > them visible/exposed could depending on the situation assign the

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-21 Thread Mark McBride
We likely won't send down the unfollows in the short term, for reasons outlined previously. It's not that we won't *ever* do it, but it's delicate. On the user profile changes, that does seem like a good idea. No promises, but I'll look at what we can do. The highest priorities we have right no

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-21 Thread Cameron Kaiser
> Also, unfollows should be treated the same as follows. I know its sad > when an unfollow happens, but this is important information too. I disagree. I think unfollows should be totally without penalty, and making them visible/exposed could depending on the situation assign them a very heavy soci

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-21 Thread kovas boguta
I second this. Also, unfollows should be treated the same as follows. I know its sad when an unfollow happens, but this is important information too. Basically I would expect the data in the user stream to mirror what is available by repeatedly scraping the REST API for updates. I guess one missi

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: User Stream's API usage

2010-04-14 Thread John Kalucki
If you aren't following anyone, and aren't tracking any terms, there's nothing to see, other than actions that occur on your account. So, if another account favorites this account's tweets, you'll see that, for example, or if another account follows your account, etc. Add some followings and recon