Good idea. File a request: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry
On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 01:00, bbc <[email protected]> wrote: > > How about providing a feed we can subscribe to that updates name > change whenever it takes place? > > On Mar 5, 8:45 am, Nick Arnett <[email protected]> wrote: >> Question for the folks at Twitter - any stats on how often people >> change their screen names? In another thread, we were talking about >> the problem of resolving IDs to names... I'm refreshing my user data >> for lots of users every few days, in large part to catch screen name >> changes. I could start keeping track of the changes, but I have not >> done so yet. >> >> Intuition suggests that users would rarely change their screen names, >> especially if they are active. Do you have any data to support this? >> >> Come to think of it, an API call that would give us names changed >> since a certain date would be very useful for avoiding the need to >> check everybody. Even better, return friend or follower names changed >> since a date. >> >> Nick > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
