I've got a fix for it, should go live Monday.

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 21:40, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Seems like it's still not working. Any update?
>
> To reproduce try: http://i2ft.com/znd and click the little twitter "t"
> in the frame. When it posts to the site, it still shows "from web"
>
> On Dec 13, 5:42 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Nope, we'll investigate it this coming week.  Hang tight!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:29, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Alex-
>>
>> > I posted a follow-up on the bug for this feature -- would it be better
>> > for me to open a new bug?
>>
>> > On Dec 13, 3:12 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> Indeed, anybody can randomly fill in any source.  The incentive for
>> >> faking requests from a particular application is so low that we don't
>> >> put any protections in place.
>>
>> >> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:32, Abraham Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Is it maybe tied into the referrer so it only works coming from the 
>> >> > website
>> >> > that is supposed to have the source? I find it unlikely that anybody can
>> >> > randomly fill in any source.
>>
>> >> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 09:58, Dharmesh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> I have not been able to get this to work yet (i.e. passing a valid
>> >> >> source= parameter still shows updates as being from the web).
>>
>> >> >> Example:http://twitter.com/home?status=Testing&source=TwitterGrader
>>
>> >> >> Thanks.
>>
>> >> >> -Dharmesh
>>
>> >> >> On Dec 12, 12:32 pm, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> > Has anyone gotten it to work? Am I doing something wrong?
>>
>> >> >> > On Dec 12, 12:20 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > > The feature has been deployed...
>>
>> >> >> > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 18:16, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > > > Hi.
>>
>> >> >> > > > I guess this feature was added a week ago. Thanks!
>>
>> >> >> > > > I'm having a bit of trouble with it though. I tried the url
>> >> >> > > >http://twitter.com/home?status=test&source=isitfunnytodaycom(my
>> >> >> > > > source paramter was approved over 48 hours ago) and my post is 
>> >> >> > > > still
>> >> >> > > > 'from web'. I also tried using the source parameter twitterific,
>> >> >> > > > which
>> >> >> > > > also showed up as 'from web'. Is feature not deployed yet?
>>
>> >> >> > > > On Nov 21, 5:01 pm, scottjgo <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> > > >>http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=163
>>
>> >> >> > > >> On Nov 21, 2:51 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > We recently had another request to allow messages posted from 
>> >> >> > > >> > the
>> >> >> > > >> > web
>> >> >> > > >> > to define their own source parameters.  We'll consider it.
>> >> >> > > >> >  Please
>> >> >> > > >> > file an issue
>> >> >> > > >> > athttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 01:36, scottjgo <[email protected]>
>> >> >> > > >> > wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > > Bummer.
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > > I don't suppose you'd be willing to add a simple &appid= or
>> >> >> > > >> > > something
>> >> >> > > >> > > to the url that lets you modify the posted from link (given
>> >> >> > > >> > > that the
>> >> >> > > >> > > link was already approved for your app id)?
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > > On Nov 20, 5:03 pm, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >> > > >> > >> Yes, you'll need to make a proper API request to have your
>> >> >> > > >> > >> update
>> >> >> > > >> > >> attributed.
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> --
>> >> >> > > >> > >> Alex Payne
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:05, scottjgo <[email protected]>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> wrote:
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > Hi.
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > I want to add a "tweet this" link to my website. The 
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > idea is
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > that you
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > would click the button, and it would prepopulate the 
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > message
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > field on
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > twitter with a link. Ideally, you would authenticate 
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > through
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > twitter.com so I can avoid handling passwords.
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > I understand you can use a link
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > like:http://twitter.com/home?status=Putyourmessagehere
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > but is it possible to replace the "from web" with a link 
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > to
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > my
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > website? Without that, it sort of eliminates the cool 
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > viral
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > advertising. Is the only alternative to use the real api
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > (and handle
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > passwords)?
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > Thanks.
>> >> >> > > >> > >> > -sjg
>>
>> >> >> > > >> > --
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>>
>> >> >> > > --
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>>
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