Understood. My statement regarding re-enabling that feature was part of a conditional if statement. For now the logic is continuing to flow via the else branch.
Dewald On Nov 10, 3:23 pm, Marcel Molina <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not saying any of this is being implemented. I'm just responding > in the abstract about the scenario you were proposing. > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Marcel, > > > You should talk to Jillian about this as well. I'm sure she will have > > a contrary opinion on the matter. > > > Dewald > > > On Nov 10, 2:51 pm, Marcel Molina <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But people who are added to MarketerMario's list won't get his list > >> broadcasts unless they follow him. That's their "opt-in". If they have > >> followed him for whatever reason and decide they do *not* want his > >> broadcasts, they can simply unfollow him. > > >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >> > Marcel, > > >> > You can circumvent the issue by making the receiving of a DM that is > >> > sent to a list dependent on two triggers: > > >> > a) You must follow the sender of the DM; and > > >> > b) You must explicitly double opt-in to receive DMs that are sent to > >> > the list. > > >> > Bona fide use cases will be able to acquire the double opt-ins from > >> > interested users, while most people will simply not opt-in when > >> > MarketerMario adds them to his list. > > >> > Dewald > > >> > On Nov 10, 2:34 pm, Marcel Molina <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> As with all things, there will certainly be vectors for abuse. For > >> >> every bad use case, there are just as many or more positive use cases. > >> >> We'll certainly be thinking about many on both sides. Thanks for > >> >> pointing out some of the potential hazards. > > >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> > Marcel, > > >> >> > How would that be different from sending bulk DMs - something I have > >> >> > been advised in the past is not something that Twitter condones. > > >> >> > Here's the scenario. > > >> >> > MarketerMario has 2,000 followers. He creates four lists and adds 500 > >> >> > of his followers to each list. Now he can send, with four simple > >> >> > clicks, his tweet whitening affiliate link to all his followers. > > >> >> > Dewald > > >> >> > On Nov 10, 2:19 pm, Marcel Molina <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> That is indeed an interesting idea that we've been thinking about. > >> >> >> The > >> >> >> rules around who can send and receive DMs would continue to be > >> >> >> enforced as normal, so for talking purposes, if you DMed a list, only > >> >> >> those who follow you would receive it. > > >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Marcus Better <[email protected]> > >> >> >> wrote: > > >> >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> >> >> > Hash: SHA1 > > >> >> >> > Hi, > > >> >> >> > have you considered adding a mechanism for sending a sort of > >> >> >> > "direct > >> >> >> > message" to a list? > > >> >> >> > This would allow users to send targeted tweets to a list (provided > >> >> >> > the > >> >> >> > user is a member of the list). It could be incredibly useful. For > >> >> >> > example tweets on a specific topic could be targeted to a selected > >> >> >> > interest group, without bothering your general followers. > > >> >> >> > Currently the only granularity provided is "whole world" (tweet) > >> >> >> > and > >> >> >> > "single recipient" (direct message), but this would allow new use > >> >> >> > cases, > >> >> >> > for example something similar to a mailing list. > > >> >> >> > Cheers, > > >> >> >> > Marcus > >> >> >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> >> >> > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > >> >> >> > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > >> >> >> > iEYEARECAAYFAkr5oQUACgkQXjXn6TzcAQk+PgCfemGcdxyqZZrg1tNsxTWhna39 > >> >> >> > gdAAoLJZHsM8yIqxzpHMp3XlYue2ODpz > >> >> >> > =ARYR > >> >> >> > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> Marcel Molina > >> >> >> Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio > > >> >> -- > >> >> Marcel Molina > >> >> Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio > > >> -- > >> Marcel Molina > >> Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio > > -- > Marcel Molina > Twitter Platform Teamhttp://twitter.com/noradio
