Isn't that the point of Twitter to begin with?
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But what would be the motivation for someone to script this to begin > with? I > > guess I'm having a hard time understanding the value proposition. > > > > In order for your tweet selection to be shown to k people, you need to > correctly answer the CAPTCHA for ~k tweet selections. > > This is all a mechanism to get people to look at each other's tweet > selections. > > Amir > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > But then what are you enforcing with the CAPTCHA? Aren't you just > making > >> > it > >> > more difficult, more hurdles to leap, for people to engage with you? > >> > > >> > >> The CAPTCHA is used to get people to look at your tweet selection > >> carefully. Without it, people could just post their tweet selection > >> and use a script to automatically look at other people's tweet > >> selections. > >> > >> Amir > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> > How would that get you MORE followers -- you're asking people to > read > >> >> > your > >> >> > tweets, then you check to see if they did? > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> If they like your tweet selection, they might consider following you. > >> >> > >> >> Amir > >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Andrew Badera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> >> wrote: > >> >> >> > ... and then? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I'm thinking of jumping off the Empire State Building tomorrow > >> >> >> > with > >> >> >> > Jeb > >> >> >> > Corliss ... > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Beside the apparent randomness of your post, was there an > >> >> >> > underlying > >> >> >> > question? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Do you think it would work? Is it worth building to try it out? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Amir > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Amir Michail < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> >> > wrote: > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Hi, > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> I'm thinking of building this service using the twitter API: > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> * you submit a selection of your tweets that you are > particularly > >> >> >> >> proud of > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> * you also submit a CAPTCHA to check whether someone looking at > >> >> >> >> your > >> >> >> >> selection really looked at it carefully > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Example: such a CAPTCHA might ask the user to select the tweet > in > >> >> >> >> your > >> >> >> >> selection that satisfies a particular criterion. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Your tweet selection will be shown to k people provided that > you > >> >> >> >> correctly answer the CAPTCHAs in ~ k selections. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> You could have people use tags to facilitate search/browsing of > >> >> >> >> tweet > >> >> >> >> selections. Moreover, these tags could be used to improve a > >> >> >> >> service > >> >> >> >> such as http://b4utweet.com. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Amir > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> http://b4utweet.com > >> >> >> http://chatbotgame.com > >> >> >> http://numbrosia.com > >> >> >> http://twitter.com/amichail > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> http://b4utweet.com > >> >> http://chatbotgame.com > >> >> http://numbrosia.com > >> >> http://twitter.com/amichail > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://b4utweet.com > >> http://chatbotgame.com > >> http://numbrosia.com > >> http://twitter.com/amichail > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://b4utweet.com > http://chatbotgame.com > http://numbrosia.com > http://twitter.com/amichail >
