It seems that after around 120 or so posts, the posts start failing. This is with a 1 minute time interval between posts.
Any explanations? For example, see http://twitter.com/TweetTimeBot On Dec 2, 10:13 pm, maximz2005 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So if I increased this time interval to a minute or two, do you think > posting would work? > > Thanks, > -maximz2005 > > On Dec 1, 8:57 pm, Cameron Kaiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Do you by any chance know whether updatingstatuscounts against the > > > rate limit? > > > It does not. > > > > I wrote a little test program for playing around with the API, that > > > simply posts the time as astatusmessageevery 30 seconds. > > > Sometimes, when I go online and check thestatusmessages, they stop > > > abruptly, but the client doesn't give me a 404 error. Is this evidence > > > of reaching the limit? > > > No, it just means it wasn't posted. However, a test like that being posted > > out every 30 seconds over and over could be construed as a runaway bot to > > be filtered. You might not want to constantly update that frequently. > > > -- > > ------------------------------------ > > personal:http://www.cameronkaiser.com/-- > > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- I like my women like my coffee: weak, cold and bitter. -- Kevin Metcalf > > ----
