> You clearly do not understand the basics of HTTP. Do you think that > Twitter is going to somehow deny Firefox, IE, and other desktop > clients from connecting to Twitter with a simple username and password > only? Since when do Firefox and IE use the API to communicate with Twitter? Last time I checked, they don't...but maybe I am just missing something.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:53 PM, PJB <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Oct 13, 12:48 pm, JDG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Wrong. Basic Authentication will obviously ALWAYS be an option for > > > desktop clients, regardless of whether or not it is via API. > > > > Explain to me where it's obvious that basic auth will ALWAYS be an option > > for desktop clients. Furthermore, please explain to me what voodoo you > > employed while reading those statements to come to your conclusion. > > You clearly do not understand the basics of HTTP. Do you think that > Twitter is going to somehow deny Firefox, IE, and other desktop > clients from connecting to Twitter with a simple username and password > only? > > > > I see, so then sites like mapmyrun and others that, for example, tweet > > > "Bob ran 10 miles today in 2 hours", "Bob ran 12 miles today in 1 > > > hour", and other templated text, are also in violation of the terms? > > > Or what about hootsuite where I can queue up 100 tweets with the exact > > > same text to fire off every hour, perhaps interspersed with a second > > > tweet? > > > > Why on earth would people do that? Why on earth would you want to tweet > the > > exact same text once an hour for 100 consecutive hours. What benefit > could > > that POSSIBLY provide to the Twitter ecosystem? > > I am beginning to realize it is of no use arguing with you. Obviously > there is no benefit. That's the point: that both the app in question > AND those apps provide means for violating Twitter's Terms of > Service.
