For the time being, yes, that's how we're approaching the process. Please be aware that there will be some delays on our side as we sort out some policy and paperwork around this feed.
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Nigel Cannings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Eric - I've been looking through your docs, and I can't see how you > suggest one gets Twitter approval - Do we just e-mail Alex and pass on > his (hopefully) positive e-mail to you? > > Thanks > > Nigel > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:10 AM, Eric Marcoullier @ Gnip > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hey all, just wanted to let you know that Gnip 2.0 rolled out >> yesterday and we're now pushing data as well as notifications. This >> means that you can tell us who you care about on Twitter and we'll >> push to you their tweens in real-time. You no longer have to build a >> poller (and thus, no throttling concerns). Additionally, we're now >> pushing the complete public timeline to Twitter-approved parties. You >> can read more about it here: >> >> http://blog.gnipcentral.com/2008/09/30/gnip-20-is-here/ >> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/30/gnip-20-launches-with-a-business-model/ >> >> Here's some more in-depth info. Please reach out if you have >> additional questions. >> >> New features: >> >> * Full Data: It's no longer "Hey, fredwilson just tweeted. Go >> query the API to get the data." Now it's "fredwilson just tweeted; >> here's the data." Data consumers are no longer required to build >> pollers for any of the publishers pushing data into us, they just give >> us an endpoint and we push the data to them in realtime. >> * Complete public data streams for Twitter, Digg and Delicious, >> SixApart and others: You are bound by the TOS of the publisher, of >> course, but now you don't have to beat the crap out the publisher to >> get all the data. Since Twitter doesn't yet have a TOS, we're >> requiring that interesting consumers get approval from Twitter before >> we'll send the feed to them. >> * Expanded Filters: Previously, there was only one filter, called >> a collection, and it was based on username (essentially, send me >> notifications whenever these hundred, or thousand, or hundred >> thousand, people tweet, or digg a URL or bookmark something on >> Magnolia). Now, with expanded filters, you can also create a rule >> based on tags/keywords, and in the future we'll be adding filters >> based on URLs and GIS locations. >> * Outbound XMPP: Previously, if you wanted Gnip to push >> notifications to you, it was strictly REST-based. We've added XMPP; >> just enter a JID and we'll push to that XMPP endpoint. In the future, >> we'll continue to add support for additional incoming and outgoing >> data protocols. >> * Pricing Structure: We're taking a first cut at a freemium model >> for data delivery. If you want to build your own pollers, then we >> want to help make you more efficient and releive stress on publishers >> and that will always be free. However, if you would like Gnip to take >> on all the "shipping and handling" of data, then there's real value in >> that and we'll charge for it. >> 1. Up to 10,000 rules for each data provider (a rule is an >> element in a filter; a person or tag tracked) >> 2. Starting at 10,000 rules, we charge $0.01/provider/month >> -- essentially, $100/month to start >> 3. It caps out at $1,000/month for a specific publisher, >> regardless of whether you're tracking 100,000 rules, 1,000,000 rules >> or getting the complete public feed. NOTE: If you track 9,000 names >> on Twitter and 9,000 tags on Delicious, you won't get charge a cent. >> If you track 6,000 people on Digg and 6,000 tags on Digg, you'd get >> charged $120/month. >> 4. We're still figuring out at what point an all-you-can-eat >> plan comes into place. Beyond a certain number of publishers tracked >> ($10k? $20k? 30K?) it's time to just say "here's the data, enjoy it >> all." >> 5. Anyone who is non-commercial or pre-funded will get fees >> waived. If someone gets funding, we'll switch them to a commercial >> relationship. >> 6. The goal is to enable people to have plenty of space to >> try out new ideas, integrate up-and-coming publishers and generally >> increase the entropy of data around the web. When someone creates a >> valid business idea using Gnip's data delivery services, then >> everybody wins. >> 7. LASTLY: Billing is not in place and likely won't start for >> at least 30 - 60 days. We're just being exceptionally clear on what >> we're thinking so that developers can make informed choices about >> working with us. >> > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
