No one accused you to be a spammer, and there are definitely very useful scenarios for such a functionality. But, and that's the key point, there a many many more scenarios in which it could be abused by spammers... Marco
2009/10/20 HAR Devel <harsocialme...@gmail.com> > > I can see how this might look like a spammer's request, but it can be > used for legitimate purposes. Thanks for the info though. > > On Oct 15, 9:06 am, Andrew Badera <and...@badera.us> wrote: > > Haven't you heard about the allegedly spammer-hostile Address Book API > > that's coming soon? > > > > ∞ Andy Badera > > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 > > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > > ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera > > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Duane Roelands > > > > > > > > <duane.roela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > ...and there never ever should be. > > > > > On Oct 14, 4:55 pm, JDG <ghil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> no. > > > > >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:50, HAR HAR <harsocialme...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> > There was a post on this group called "API Method for checking if a > > >> > user exists?" a while ago. The method for checking if a user exist > > >> > described there no longer works. Is there a way for me to use the > API > > >> > to verify if an email address is associated with a twitter account? > > > > >> > Thanks. > > > > >> -- > > >> Internets. Serious business. >
