Hi Doug, Thanks for the reply. I now realize that a lot of these are probably being handled already (unbeknownst to the rest of the group, including me) and this one just slipped through. I apologize for lambasting the mods. Again, I'll volunteer to mod if wanted.
-Chad On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chad, > We have been discussing this over email privately. There is a way to > notify the author of a post with a message. I have personally been > handling a lot of requests in this manner, cutting down on rehashing. > There are a number of mods and we don't all know everything so > sometimes things get through. > > If everyone can help out with educating the community, we would > appreciate it. When an issue comes up that is a rehash, I point the > person to the correct resource. I also remind (inform?) them of the > archives/search, issues list, and documentation. > > We all started somewhere but since we're coders, we're smarter than > the average bear, right? A lot of times, newcomers to the API simply > don't know our way of operating and just need to be given a quick > hand. > > Thanks for your help. > > Doug Williams > Twitter API Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ok, srsly... >> >> I don't mean to be a pain, but I thought this list was moderated. If >> so, if dupes like this come in, could the mod kindly point them to the >> relevant thread instead of letting it pass through? I don't know if >> that's possible w/ google groups. I'll even volunteer to mod if need >> be. >> >> -Chad >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Please see [1] from yesterday and today. >>> >>> 1. >>> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/e1a61d579dca9300 >>> >>> Doug Williams >>> Twitter API Support >>> http://twitter.com/dougw >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Ryan Chouinard <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Is there a way via the API to find tweets that are replies to a given >>>> tweet ID? Twitter keeps track of in-reply-to, but there doesn't seem >>>> to be a quick way to see who has replied, let alone get the content of >>>> the replies. >>>> >>>> Why would someone need this? Say I'm following someone who asks for >>>> advice or a solution to a problem. I'd like to see what others are >>>> saying about it, but I don't follow the users that are replying. How >>>> would I find the replies? >>>> >>>> Any help would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- Ryan Chouinard >>>> >>> >> >
