Actually, the minus one part will be fine as well. Tom
On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Jim Chevalier <jcheval...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Ryan, > > The link that Matt Harris pointed to states: > "...parameters such as max_id and since_id will work as > expected...things like counting Tweets by subtracting status IDs will > not be possible." > > So, on the one hand it seems like you'll be able to continue without > modification ... but on the other hand, it seems like you will have to > modify your methods - specifically, the "minus one to stop the same > tweet appearing" part. > > I'm guessing that you'll have to slightly modify your code to not use > a 'less one' approach, but hopefully someone else can give you a more > solid answer. > > -Jim > > On Oct 12, 4:51 am, artesea <ryancul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Quick question, for the timeline I've been using max_id=123456789 as a >> method of paging backwards instead of page=2. This stops the last few >> tweets from the previous page appearing at the top as more people >> tweet. >> So if the last tweet on the current page has an ID of 123456790, I >> make a request for max_id=123456789 (minus one to stop the same tweet >> appearing). >> However if the tweets will no longer be directly incremental, will >> this method still work or could the odd tweet disappear (I assume they >> would need to be posted at the same millisecond, but it could be >> possible)? >> >> Thanks >> Ryan >> >> On Oct 12, 7:03 am, Matt Harris <thematthar...@twitter.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey everyone, >> >>> Just a quick reminder that Snowflake (the new way we will generate >>> Status IDs) is scheduled to go live at 10am PDT/5pm UTC Tuesday 12th >>> October 2010 - today for many of you and tomorrow for those of you who >>> are on PDT. We'll send a Tweet on @twitterapi as a reminder just >>> before we do this, and another after Snowflake is enabled. >> >>> The original announcement along with more information can be found in >>> our Announcements archive: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-api-announce/browse_thread/thr... >> >>> Best, >> >>> @themattharris >>> Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/themattharris > > -- > 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 -- 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
