Some clients don't even show the source... Tweetie for example.. There are a billion 3rd party applications out there, so I think if it says "from API" it won't betray their use of TweetLater. It just means that they're using "not web" ...so who cares?
On a related note, I doubt if Twitter will close the "from web" source key "loophole" because it would be an expensive operation to check and filter that for every tweet coming from the API. You could even spoof another application if you know their source key. In any event, I like this change b/c I like tracking source stats, and this has given some interesting insight into "non-sourced" twitter client usage... which according to my cursory overview is a lot less than I was expecting. Carry on, -Chad On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Dewald Pretorius<dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For me it is more a matter of user education. When you read the user > comments on my blog, you will see there are a few who said they will > stop using TweetLater if the tweets are labeled with "from > TweetLater". There are one of two reasons for that: a) they are > concerned about what their followers will think if they knew that not > all tweets were sent "live", or b) they are publishing pretty useless > and perhaps spammy tweets. To be honest, I wouldn't mind if the people > in the b) category stopped using TweetLater. > > One of the comments pretty much summed it up for me: "If you are > providing your followers with something valuable they won’t care where > the tweets are coming from." > > On Jul 3, 12:44 pm, João Pereira <joaomiguel.pere...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think that who don't want to identify theirs apps are building twitter >> spam apps :) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > That's probably true, but I don't believe in trying to "game" Twitter. >> > It's a very stupid strategy in the long run. If you want a Twitter >> > application that fits into the Twitter ecosystem and will be around >> > for a long time, the best strategy is to be a good and upstanding >> > neighbor of Twitter. >> >> > On Jul 3, 12:29 pm, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > You could call your application "web".... >> >> > > /snark >> > > -chad >> >> > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Abraham Williams<4bra...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > > > I don't think so. >> >> > > > Abraham >> >> > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 09:57, Dewald Pretorius <dpr...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> > > >> Abraham, >> >> > > >> Is this optional? Meaning, can one register an OAuth application and >> > > >> still not have a custom "from xxxx" on the tweets originating from >> > > >> that application? >> >> > > >> On Jul 3, 11:44 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > There is no approval process anymore. To have a custom "from xxxx" >> > all >> > > >> > you >> > > >> > have to do is create an OAuth application. >> >> > > >> > Abraham >> >> > > >> > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 09:40, shiplu <shiplu....@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > No doubt it will be closed. >> > > >> > > But from now on twitter should approve more applications. Cause >> > many >> > > >> > > applications are using this "from web" and converted to "from >> > API". >> > > >> > > Soon they will apply for approval. >> >> > > >> > > -- >> > > >> > > A K M Mokaddim >> > > >> > >http://talk.cmyweb.net >> > > >> > >http://twitter.com/shiplu >> > > >> > > Stop Top Posting !! >> > > >> > > বাংলিশ লেখার চাইতে বাংলা লেখা অনেক ভাল >> >> > > >> > -- >> > > >> > Abraham Williams | Community Evangelist |http://web608.org >> > > >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham >> > > >> > Project |http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com >> > > >> > This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. >> >> > > > -- >> > > > Abraham Williams | Community Evangelist |http://web608.org >> > > > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham >> > > > Project |http://fireeagle.labs.poseurtech.com >> > > > This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. >> >> -- >> João Miguel Pereirahttp://jpereira.eu >> LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/joaomiguelpereira >> >> joaomiguel.pere...@gmail.com >> (351) 96 275 68 58
