I believe that search does not return statuses of protected users (even when authenticated, though I may be wrong and should be corrected if I am). In that case, yes, you could potentially receive fewer results than statuses/mentions.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 09:56, Joseph Cheek <jos...@cheek.com> wrote: > > Quick q: > > is there any time that a search for a screenname won't return every > tweet that statuses/mentions will? i can see that it would return more, > but will it ever return less? > > > Joseph Cheek > jos...@cheek.com, www.cheek.com > twitter: http://twitter.com/cheekdotcom > > -- Internets. Serious business.