The Streaming API /follow resource does not create new followings. Instead, it filters the stream of all public statuses created by a list of users. Perhaps the nomenclature is confusing.
You probably observed a time period when the given small list of users did not update their status. The newlines are keep-alive probes. -John Kalucki Services, Twitter Inc. On May 21, 4:22 am, developerinlondon <ebilliona...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried using the stream API call documented > here:http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Streaming-API-Documentation#Connecting > At the bottom there is the following example - > > Example: Create a file called 'following' that contains, exactly and > excluding the quotation marks: "follow=12 13 15 16 20 87". Execute: > curl -d @followinghttp://stream.twitter.com/follow.json- > uAnyTwitterUser:Password.You will receive JSON updates from Jack Biz, > Crystal, Ev, Krissy, but not from Jeremy, as he's a private user. > > I tried running it exactly as described. But my Curl just keeps > throwing blank lines at me and I checked the user didnt get any new > followings. > > Would be great to know. > > thanks, > > -developerinlondon