----- "Nigel Legg" <nigel.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is "promotion" of tweets going to be part of the algorithm for > defining "popular" tweets - in a twisted world where twitter says it's > popular coz they've taken the cash to say it's popular? [sorry, that > sounds like rigging charts or something... not quite how I meant it to > sound] > Awaiting further details. > > > On 13 April 2010 14:48, Duane Roelands < duane.roela...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > I'm curious about this myself. One of the first things end users are > going to ask for is a way to block these ads from their timelines. > Don't kid yourself; there's a reason why AdBlock is such a popular > Firefox plugin. > > Secondary question: Is the first step towards paid Twitter accounts, > where free users have to receive ads and paid users do not? Straight > answers here would be appreciated. > > > > > On 13 Apr, 05:28, Tim < fabianh...@googlemail.com > wrote: > > I've been looking around for information on how the new "promoted > > tweets" advertising feature will affect the API, and I've not really > > found anything. I gather that it's a two phase approach starting > with > > search and then rolling out to timelines, but can anyone here > > clarify: > > (a) whether API responses will include promoted tweets, > > (b) whether these tweets will be identified as ads > > (c) whether third parties are 'obligated' to present them to users > > (d) whether there will be an API Terms of Use as a result
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