My thoughts are not having a good enough notice is bad form and users will start gravitating away from apps with bad form and better competition comes out.
But yes. I think it would be good for Twitter to make an official statement and include it somewhere that that sort of misdirection is frowned upon. Abraham On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 21:21, Cameron Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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? > > This is an excellent point. > > -- > ------------------------------------ personal: > http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * > [email protected] > -- Sarcasm is a spiritual gift. -- Paul Austin > -------------------------------- > -- Abraham Williams | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, Wisconsin, United States
