On 04/12/2010 09:11 PM, Dushyant wrote: > Thanks for the answer all....I am just a beginner in twitter API....I > am not afraid to do the grind work if I have to :)
It's not just "grind work" you have to do - you have to have legal counsel on retainer and a business plan. Messing with other peoples' DM streams isn't something you just bang out in code. > > On Apr 13, 1:04 am, "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <zn...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> On 04/12/2010 12:20 PM, Abraham Williams wrote: >> >>> You will have to pull the direct messages and mentions from both users and >>> correlate the data yourself. >> >>> Abraham >> >> Moreover, accessing the direct messages of *two* users involves >> authenticating as *both* of them. It is highly unlikely you will be >> permitted to do so by people who don't have a legal contract with you. >> >> And that agreement should *clearly* specify >> >> * what is permitted and forbidden, and >> * *penalties* for breaking that agreement. >> >> That's the world we now live in - get used to it. This whole "click this >> here button and get nifty stuff for free" attitude is starting to unravel. >> >> -- >> M. Edward (Ed) Boraskyhttp://borasky-research.net/m-edward-ed-borasky/@znmeb >> >> "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." ~ Paul Erdős > > -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky borasky-research.net/m-edward-ed-borasky "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." ~ Paul Erdős
