Re: [twitter-dev] Ultimately send my twitter followers direct messages from my application

2010-10-02 Thread Thomas Mango
I think what you described is exactly right. You're looking for an app that users can authorize with using OAuth. Once they're redirected back to your site (part of the OAuth process), you can create a user account for them locally and ask them to follow your Twitter account. Because they've

Re: [twitter-dev] Ultimately send my twitter followers direct messages from my application

2010-10-02 Thread Dean Collins
Thomas are there restrictions on what/how many direct messages can be sent? I haven't been paying attention with twitter for a while but I thought twitter banned automatic direct messages. Thanks in advance, Dean I think what you described is exactly right. You're looking for an app that

Re: [twitter-dev] Ultimately send my twitter followers direct messages from my application

2010-10-02 Thread Thomas Mango
Yes, there's a limit of 250 direct messages per day according to: http://support.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15364 I'm not sure if there are any policies against automatically direct messaging someone when they follow you, but a 250/day would certainly prevent that at some point. I don't