> What I mean is that a tweet directed to a list (by a member of that > list) will show up > (a) in the tweet timeline of that list, > (b) and hence also in the friends_timeline of the followers of the list, > (c) but NOT in the user_timeline of the poster. > > It differs from a regular tweet in point (c) only. > > It is a mechanism to narrow the audience, not widen it, so there is no > spamming opportunity.
The thing I'm not getting is that I don't decide what lists I'm a member of; I get added to them by the owner of that list. If @spammymcspammer adds me to @spammymcspammer/spammy_spam, then anyone on that list can then start sending me messages *unless* you also have the proviso that you must follow the list to receive such 'directed tweets'. Is that what you're proposing? -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * [email protected] -- yankee hotel foxtrot. yankee hotel foxtrot. yankee hotel foxtrot. konec. ---
