AL3X ADORED AS USALLY. (star this, mkay? I need it for the MISSY_BOO meme ;))
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Alex Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We'll bump it to 1000. > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Jonathan Eunice > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That makes some sense. I use the favorites for both bookmarks (for the > > majority of users who aren't on Favrd), and as votes for Favrd (for > > the few that are). I could easily be cresting 250/day. Btw, I assure > > you I am not mechanically issuing favorites; every one of them is > > lovingly applied by my hand. > > > > A better error message would help. Expanding the limit would help even > > more. > > > > Given that I follow just over 650 users, which in aggregate issue > > 1,500-4,500 tweets/day, allowing "just" 250 favorites a day seems a > > very low number. I am sure I'm on the high end of readership, but I > > have seen a number of my colleagues who follow 400+ users. Some follow > > 1,000. > > > > Is there a reason to limit favorites thus? I.e. is it an "expensive > > operation"? I wouldn't think so, but it could be. If not, why not > > increase the number of allowed favorites to 1,000 or 1,500/day, say? > > > > > > -- > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. > http://twitter.com/al3x > -- Geoff Barnes @texburgher
