2009/9/11 Dean Collins <d...@cognation.net> > Yep, this *"we can blacklist an app for any other reason as we deem > fit," *stuff is fine but don’t expect other 3rd party developers to play > along. > > I’ve been trying to get an “exact number of people you can delete from a > following” in 24 hours without risking your twitter account from the tech > support team following the suspension of my @LiveNFLchat account, no one > seems to know/be prepared to state a number. > > > have you considered that there might not be a fixed number, but a pattern of requests that they are looking for? have you considered that revealing this pattern (or even the number, if that's what it is) cannot be in Twitter's interest to fight spammers, as they could make very good use of that information and adjust their bots accordingly? some rules just cannot be made public, for very good reasons. yes, that's annoying - but to be blunt, if you're app is getting caught by those rulse, it's likely that Twitter does consider what your are doing as being "spam". And I am not saying that it is (I don't even know what you do), it's just a logical consequence: rules to prevent spam -> app caught by rules -> app is considered doing spam
> We’re happy to play by the rules, just spell out what those rules clearly > are. > > > Regards, > > Dean Collins > Live Chat Concepts Inc > d...@livechatconcepts.com > <d...@livechatconcepts.com>+1-212-203-4357 New York > +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial). > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: twitter-development-talk@googlegroups.com [mailto: > twitter-development-t...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dewald Pretorius > Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:43 AM > To: Twitter Development Talk > Subject: [twitter-dev] Re: Draft: Twitter Rules for API Use > > > > > > I guess the lawyers wrote this draft as an extension of the modified > > Twitter TOS. > > > > Alex, you will need to jump on this draft from a dizzy height and get > > all your Platform rules in there. > > > > Once the API Rules are published as "The Rules" you will have no > > grounds to blacklist an application for other than what is written in > > "The Rules". Unless the rules also state that, "we can blacklist an > > app for any other reason as we deem fit," which will fly like a lead > > balloon. > > > > If the rules are not clear and comprehensive, they will become a ball > > and chain around the ankles of the Platform team. > > > > Dewald >
