You could always append a timestamp to the text of the status you're trying to post to differentiate it.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:53, LeeS <[email protected]> wrote: > > You should know it also ignores updates through the Twitter site > itself. As of now, our bot's updates haven't been accepted for the > last hour, so I logged into Twitter.com and tried to make an update > manually, but that also doesn't work. > Lee > > > > > On Dec 12, 10:24 am, LeeS <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks Alex. Let me know if there's anything I can do on my end. >> >> Lee >> >> On Dec 11, 3:36 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > You're not the first to report this issue, I'm afraid. This crops up >> > from time to time due to some low-level, complicated caching logic in >> > our system. We're constantly ironing out this code, but I'll >> > double-check the update method and see if there's any glaring issues >> > there. >> >> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:05, Lee Semel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Just to clarify, here is an example of the request we are sending and >> > > the json that's returned: >> >> > > REQUEST >> > >http://twitter.com/statuses/update.json?status=%40sixuntilme%2C+you+w... >> >> > > STATUS CODE >> > > 200 >> >> > > RETURNED >> > > data={"in_reply_to_user_id":11676742,"truncated":false,"text":"@HughBriss, >> > > you were nominated by @AgingBackwards (and 5 others) for a #design >> > > Shorty Award http:\/\/bit.ly\/SMcZ","user":{"description":"The best >> > > short content creators on twitter in >> > > 2008","url":"http:\/\/shortyawards.com","name":"Shorty >> > > Awards","protected":false,"profile_image_url":"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twitter_production\/profile_images\/66792558\/logo_normal.png","screen_name":"shortyawards","followers_count":750,"location":"","id":17663756},"in_reply_to_screen_name":"HughBriss","favorited":false,"created_at":"Thu >> > > Dec 11 16:20:11 +0000 >> > > 2008","in_reply_to_status_id":1051493141,"id":1051503605,"source":"web"} >> >> > > In the JSON, the 'text' field is a status from 2 hours ago. It >> > > completely ignored the update. >> >> > -- >> > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
