Hey folks. It's been noted that the fast140.com app, posts a tweet as the authorized user. In fairness, they do disclaim this on their homepage, although users tend not to notice and are surprised to find they've spammed their friends
However, they are also adding the @fast140 account to the user's Following list. This isn't disclosed anywhere. Does Twitter have a policy on this? Should it? >From a user expectatins perspective, I'd suggest that the Twitter OAuth dialog also add a bullet list of what "access and update your data" means (like Flickr does) to prevent further surprises. I'm not sure users appreciate that an authorised app can: * Post and delete tweets in your name * Add and remove users you are following * Block and unblock users * Change your name, email address, location, avatar or description Thoughts? Rod. -- :: Rod Begbie :: http://groovymother.com/ ::
