I don't think this is really corporate hostility or bureaucracy on twitter's part. They're simply trying to address a case of abuse -- which ultimately impacts their ability to deliver service to their users.
On Jan 5, 7:29 pm, "Mike Scott" <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh don't you just love corporate hostility. Bureaucracy at its best! > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Alex Payne <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Unfortunately, no, not until we hear back from The Planet. > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 14:21, zbowling <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> NOOO... :-) > > >> My 3 servers are at The Planet. They are the worlds largest managed > >> hosting provider so its a significant chunk of the internet so I'm > >> sure there will be an outcry. > > >> Can you whitelist my range? > >> 70.86.83.50-70.86.83.63 > > >> Zac Bowling > >>http://zbowling.com/ > > >> On Jan 5, 4:05 pm, "Alex Payne" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Our operations team has informed me that we'll soon be blacklisting > >>> IPs originating at hosting provider The Planet > >>> (http://www.theplanet.com/). We've attempted to resolve a number of > >>> abuse complaints with them over a long period of time and have not > >>> received an acceptable response. If your service or application is > >>> hosted at The Planet, please be aware that this will impact your > >>> ability to talk directly to the Twitter API. > > >>> -- > >>> Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x > > > -- > > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. > >http://twitter.com/al3x
