On 04/18/2010 05:53 AM, Raffi Krikorian wrote: >> >> Do you know if those of us making small uses of the API (for example, >> most of our site runs off of the API, but we aren't an application in >> the sense that we perform actions on behalf of users via the API) have >> to register at dev. to be able to avoid being automatically opted in >> at some point? >> >> Also, do you know how much agency we have in where promoted tweets >> appear? (Is placement determined automatically by keywords in the >> tweets, or are we allowed to pick? Likewise, are we penalized (as per >> AdWords) for electing to appear for a search or keyword if an >> algorithm can't see it's relevance, or will the up/down system be >> entirely based on how users respond to what we've elected to promote?) >> > > its too early to know answers to either of these questions -- the promoted > tweets program just started, and i suspect it will be a few months before we > get to the syndication phase of the program. >
All I want at this point in the Promoted Tweets development cycle is the ability to recognize that a tweet has been promoted when I see one come out of the API, whether it's from REST, Search or Streaming. -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky borasky-research.net/m-edward-ed-borasky "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." ~ Paul Erdős -- Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/subscribe?hl=en
