The new status id format, previewed as new_id, requires slightly different algorithms for sampling and imposing filter limits on the Streaming API. In preparation for the big switch later today, we've cut over to using the new_id for these cases at about 6:30am PDT, 13:30 UTC. Only the most careful observer of the sampled streams should notice a difference. Consumers of the Streaming filter endpoint (track, loc, etc.) that aggressively push the rate limits may notice some minor differences in when the limits are imposed. We may tweak this algorithm and the associated Filter limits in the future.
Overall, the results for Sample and Filter should be very similar to the previous sequentially generated status id system. -John Kalucki http://twitter.com/jkalucki Twitter, Inc. -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
