HI Doug, I have 2 comments here: 1) I think ChazziousJadamous's initial request was more along the lines of "how can we prevent scraping/feeds of this content to allow developers more liberty in posting so there are fewer instances of posts showing up all over the web" Like, I would love a place where I could honestly post a question without it showing up on schmuckyscmubks ad-filled page, getting crawled by google, that then shows up in search results because I accidenally named my app.
2) You should not have the burden of filtering posts, especially as in 6-8 months there could be 10 million users and 500,000 apps asking the same thing. The metaphor is the exact same as twitter. If you dont like the noise, turn off notifications and just go and check the group when you have a question. Again, just trying to help here. I know you guys have tons of stuff to do. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > Chad, > As per our collective observations, I'm going to start better moderating > posts from new users. This includes heading off basic requests for > information that is already widely available before it goes public. I will > work to point users to posts, the FAQ, offering answers, etc... and avoid > drowning your inbox with unnecessary redundancy. It means a little more work > for me on the front end, but it is a win-win as it will cultivate community, > promote new-comer self-sufficiency and keep the quality of this group > relatively high. > > Cheers, > Doug Williams > Twitter API Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Jeffrey Greenberg < > jeffreygreenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Let's please keep this list focused on developers working with/on the >>> twitter api... other uses, like the promotion of application or looking for >>> help with alpha testing of applications is not appropriate (though we can >>> sympathize with the problem). >>> >> >> RE: doug's question about making 'basic information more accessible"... >> it's pretty accessible, and simple, and I think nicely summarized on one >> page (albeit a _large_ page) ... and sometime RTFM is the right response ... >> careful of bloating the help so that it becomes unreadably large... >> >> cheers! >> jeffrey >> http://www.jeffrey-greenberg.com >> >> >> > -- Peter M. Denton www.twibs.com i...@twibs.com Twibs makes Top 20 apps on Twitter - http://tinyurl.com/bopu6c
