[twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-31 Thread Andy Freeman
I starred 1412 and commented on 1242 that they're basically the same.

On Jan 30, 11:46 pm, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
> Oh, no!
> I haven't found it!
> I added comment in my issue that it's duplicate, but i don't know how
> to close it.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Andy Freeman  wrote:
> > Argh!
>
> > I opened such a feature request late last November AND you commented
> > on it late last December.
>
> > Seehttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1242.
>
> > On Jan 30, 11:17 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> There does not appear to be. You could open an feature request and maybe
> >> Twitter will augment ithttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.
>
> >> Abraham
>
> >> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:06, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
> >> > Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>
> >> > But why isn't it documented anywhere?
> >> > And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
> >> > I mean smth like
> >> >http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
> >> > ???
>
> >> > Thanks once more,
> >> > Ivan.
>
> >> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> > > Actually Twitter does support it.
> >> > >http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> >> > > Abraham
>
> >> > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>
> >> > >> Hi.
>
> >> > >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
> >> > >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
> >> > >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
> >> > >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
> >> > >> twitter users).
>
> >> > >> Is there any plan in this direction?
>
> >> > >> Ivan.
>
> >> > >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone 
> >> > >> > built
> >> > >> > an
> >> > >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
> >> > >> > Maybe
> >> > >> > somebody else can?
>
> >> > >> > Abraham
>
> >> > >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
> >> > >> > > Hi.
>
> >> > >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in 
> >> > >> > > the
> >> > >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>
> >> > >> > > The problem:
> >> > >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses 
> >> > >> > > in
> >> > >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
> >> > can't
> >> > >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
> >> > logical
> >> > >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some 
> >> > >> > > twitter-user
> >> > >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
> >> > >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
> >> > >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>
> >> > >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
> >> > know
> >> > >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
>
> >> > >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link 
> >> > >> > > to
> >> > >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
> >> > >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>
> >> > >> > > For example
> >> > >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
> >> > point
> >> > >> > > to the same page:
> >> > >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>
> >> > >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
> >> > >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>
> >> > >> > > Ivan.
>
> >> > >> > --
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> >> > >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
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>
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Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-31 Thread Ivan Glushkov
Yeap. But.
1. I have incorrect URL, that i can't use immediately. I mean for the
every URL i can't be sure that guid is not changed for this username,
so i can't be sure that every URL is correct. So for each URL
2. I have to find out the correct link with the help of
3. One or several request to the twitter API
4. If that URL is already in my database, i have to replace it with
the new one, or better search for all records with this URL and
replace old URL with the new one.

It's unacceptable price for the absence of just one additional (and
very chip for the twitter) functionality in the API.

Ivan.


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Michael Steuer  wrote:
> If user  is no longer the same user as the one that posted status id
> , then the link  http://twitter.com//statuses/ would no longer
> be valid (as the NEW user  is not the owner of the status id).
>
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:40 PM, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
>
>> Actually i can't.
>> For example, i get some link like
>> http://twitter.com/AAA/statuses/11, for the message that was
>> posted month ago. I can't be sure if the current user AAA has the same
>> guid as the AAA month ago.
>> If i had the link like http://twitter.com/redirect?id=111&status=222 i
>> would be sure that it's the same user and the same status for that
>> user.
>>
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Michael Ivey 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> You could do this internally in your application, using statuses/show to
>>> make sure you have the correct user info before redirecting.
>>>  -- ivey
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Ivan Glushkov 
>>> wrote:

 Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!

 But why isn't it documented anywhere?
 And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
 I mean smth like
 http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
 ???

 Thanks once more,
 Ivan.


 On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
 wrote:
>
> Actually Twitter does support it.
> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> Abraham
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
>> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
>> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
>> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
>> twitter users).
>>
>> Is there any plan in this direction?
>>
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone
>>> built
>>> an
>>> application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
>>> Maybe
>>> somebody else can?
>>>
>>> Abraham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:

 Hi.
>>>
 I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in
 the
 FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>>>
 The problem:
 Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses
 in
 the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
 can't
 guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
 logical
 destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
 "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
 After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
 name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>>>
 This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
 know
 what content they might approve after a while.
>>>
 The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
 the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
 redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>>>
 For example
 if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
 point
 to the same page:
 twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>>>
 This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
 twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>>>
 Ivan.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>>> Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
>>> Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>>> This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>>> Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>
>
>
> --
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> Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
> Hacker | h

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-31 Thread Kevin Marshall
I would also argue that, at the time of status  whomever owned the
 account was the one that actually made the post...so it doesn't
really matter who is controlling  right now...they are associated
with the history of the account, because, well it's a history.

As an aside though, is there really that much username changing going
on?  I would think it's more likely an account goes idle or dead than
gets transferred to another user...and for the most part this feels
like a discussion about designing a system to scale to handle a
kabillion users when it's not even clear yet if 10 users would
actually use the service...

Don't sweat the edge cases so much, fear will paralyze you...it's
better to be 'completely broken' for a small percentage of people than
to not exist for anyone...

Just my two cents ;-)

- Kevin

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Michael Steuer  wrote:
> If user  is no longer the same user as the one that posted status id
> , then the link  http://twitter.com//statuses/ would no longer
> be valid (as the NEW user  is not the owner of the status id).
>
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:40 PM, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
>
>> Actually i can't.
>> For example, i get some link like
>> http://twitter.com/AAA/statuses/11, for the message that was
>> posted month ago. I can't be sure if the current user AAA has the same
>> guid as the AAA month ago.
>> If i had the link like http://twitter.com/redirect?id=111&status=222 i
>> would be sure that it's the same user and the same status for that
>> user.
>>
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Michael Ivey 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> You could do this internally in your application, using statuses/show to
>>> make sure you have the correct user info before redirecting.
>>>  -- ivey
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Ivan Glushkov 
>>> wrote:

 Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!

 But why isn't it documented anywhere?
 And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
 I mean smth like
 http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
 ???

 Thanks once more,
 Ivan.


 On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
 wrote:
>
> Actually Twitter does support it.
> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> Abraham
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
>> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
>> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
>> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
>> twitter users).
>>
>> Is there any plan in this direction?
>>
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone
>>> built
>>> an
>>> application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
>>> Maybe
>>> somebody else can?
>>>
>>> Abraham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:

 Hi.
>>>
 I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in
 the
 FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>>>
 The problem:
 Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses
 in
 the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
 can't
 guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
 logical
 destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
 "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
 After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
 name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>>>
 This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
 know
 what content they might approve after a while.
>>>
 The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
 the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
 redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>>>
 For example
 if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
 point
 to the same page:
 twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>>>
 This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
 twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>>>
 Ivan.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>>> Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
>>> Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>>> This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] p

Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-31 Thread Ivan Glushkov
Oh, no!
I haven't found it!
I added comment in my issue that it's duplicate, but i don't know how
to close it.


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Andy Freeman  wrote:
> Argh!
>
> I opened such a feature request late last November AND you commented
> on it late last December.
>
> See http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1242 .
>
> On Jan 30, 11:17 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There does not appear to be. You could open an feature request and maybe
>> Twitter will augment ithttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.
>>
>> Abraham
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:06, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
>> > Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>>
>> > But why isn't it documented anywhere?
>> > And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
>> > I mean smth like
>> >http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
>> > ???
>>
>> > Thanks once more,
>> > Ivan.
>>
>> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > Actually Twitter does support it.
>> > >http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
>> > > Abraham
>>
>> > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>>
>> > >> Hi.
>>
>> > >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
>> > >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
>> > >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
>> > >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
>> > >> twitter users).
>>
>> > >> Is there any plan in this direction?
>>
>> > >> Ivan.
>>
>> > >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built
>> > >> > an
>> > >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
>> > >> > Maybe
>> > >> > somebody else can?
>>
>> > >> > Abraham
>>
>> > >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
>> > >> > > Hi.
>>
>> > >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
>> > >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>>
>> > >> > > The problem:
>> > >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
>> > >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
>> > can't
>> > >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
>> > logical
>> > >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
>> > >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
>> > >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
>> > >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>>
>> > >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
>> > know
>> > >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
>>
>> > >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
>> > >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
>> > >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>>
>> > >> > > For example
>> > >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
>> > point
>> > >> > > to the same page:
>> > >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>>
>> > >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
>> > >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>>
>> > >> > > Ivan.
>>
>> > >> > --
>> > >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> > >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
>> > >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>> > >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> > >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>>
>> > > --
>> > > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> > > Project | Out Loud |http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
>> > > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>> > > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> > > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>>
>> --
>> Abraham Williams | Community Advocate |http://abrah.am
>> Project | Out Loud |http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
>> This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
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Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-31 Thread Michael Steuer
If user  is no longer the same user as the one that posted status  
id , then the link  http://twitter.com//statuses/ would no  
longer be valid (as the NEW user  is not the owner of the status  
id).




On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:40 PM, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:


Actually i can't.
For example, i get some link like
http://twitter.com/AAA/statuses/11, for the message that was
posted month ago. I can't be sure if the current user AAA has the same
guid as the AAA month ago.
If i had the link like http://twitter.com/redirect?id=111&status=222 i
would be sure that it's the same user and the same status for that
user.

Ivan.


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Michael Ivey  
 wrote:
You could do this internally in your application, using statuses/ 
show to

make sure you have the correct user info before redirecting.
 -- ivey


On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Ivan Glushkov   
wrote:


Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!

But why isn't it documented anywhere?
And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
I mean smth like
http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
???

Thanks once more,
Ivan.


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com 
>

wrote:

Actually Twitter does support it.
http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
Abraham

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:


Hi.

I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and  
their
statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem  
for
the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for  
the

twitter users).

Is there any plan in this direction?

Ivan.


On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:

I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone
built
an
application that handled this but I can't find any references  
to it.

Maybe
somebody else can?

Abraham



On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:

Hi.



I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in
the
FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.



The problem:
Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his  
statuses

in
the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
can't
guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
logical
destination. For example I create some post about some twitter- 
user

"aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "dd 
d" changed
name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different  
person.



This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
know
what content they might approve after a while.


The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to  
link to

the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.



For example
if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two link 
s should

point
to the same page:
twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11



This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22



Ivan.


--
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Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
Sent from Seattle, WA, United States




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Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham
This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
Sent from Seattle, WA, United States





Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-30 Thread Ivan Glushkov
Actually i can't.
For example, i get some link like
http://twitter.com/AAA/statuses/11, for the message that was
posted month ago. I can't be sure if the current user AAA has the same
guid as the AAA month ago.
If i had the link like http://twitter.com/redirect?id=111&status=222 i
would be sure that it's the same user and the same status for that
user.

Ivan.


On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Michael Ivey  wrote:
> You could do this internally in your application, using statuses/show to
> make sure you have the correct user info before redirecting.
>  -- ivey
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
>>
>> Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>>
>> But why isn't it documented anywhere?
>> And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
>> I mean smth like
>> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
>> ???
>>
>> Thanks once more,
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Actually Twitter does support it.
>> > http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
>> > Abraham
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi.
>> >>
>> >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
>> >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
>> >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
>> >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
>> >> twitter users).
>> >>
>> >> Is there any plan in this direction?
>> >>
>> >> Ivan.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone
>> >> > built
>> >> > an
>> >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
>> >> > Maybe
>> >> > somebody else can?
>> >> >
>> >> > Abraham
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
>> >> > > Hi.
>> >> >
>> >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>> >> >
>> >> > > The problem:
>> >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses
>> >> > > in
>> >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
>> >> > > can't
>> >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
>> >> > > logical
>> >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
>> >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
>> >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
>> >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>> >> >
>> >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
>> >> > > know
>> >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
>> >> >
>> >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
>> >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
>> >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>> >> >
>> >> > > For example
>> >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
>> >> > > point
>> >> > > to the same page:
>> >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>> >> >
>> >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
>> >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>> >> >
>> >> > > Ivan.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
>> >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>> >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> > Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
>> > Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham
>> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>
>


Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-30 Thread Ivan Glushkov
Thanks a lot, Abraham!
I've created it.
http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1412

Ivan.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There does not appear to be. You could open an feature request and maybe
> Twitter will augment it http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.
> Abraham
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:06, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
>>
>> Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>>
>> But why isn't it documented anywhere?
>> And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
>> I mean smth like
>> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
>> ???
>>
>> Thanks once more,
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Actually Twitter does support it.
>> > http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
>> > Abraham
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi.
>> >>
>> >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
>> >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
>> >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
>> >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
>> >> twitter users).
>> >>
>> >> Is there any plan in this direction?
>> >>
>> >> Ivan.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone
>> >> > built
>> >> > an
>> >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
>> >> > Maybe
>> >> > somebody else can?
>> >> >
>> >> > Abraham
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
>> >> > > Hi.
>> >> >
>> >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>> >> >
>> >> > > The problem:
>> >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses
>> >> > > in
>> >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
>> >> > > can't
>> >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
>> >> > > logical
>> >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
>> >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
>> >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
>> >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>> >> >
>> >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
>> >> > > know
>> >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
>> >> >
>> >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
>> >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
>> >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>> >> >
>> >> > > For example
>> >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
>> >> > > point
>> >> > > to the same page:
>> >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>> >> >
>> >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
>> >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>> >> >
>> >> > > Ivan.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
>> >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>> >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> > Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
>> > Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham
>> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>
>
>
> --
> Abraham Williams | Community Advocate | http://abrah.am
> Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
> This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
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Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-30 Thread Michael Ivey
You could do this internally in your application, using statuses/show to
make sure you have the correct user info before redirecting.

 -- ivey


On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:

> Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>
> But why isn't it documented anywhere?
> And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
> I mean smth like
> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
> ???
>
> Thanks once more,
> Ivan.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Actually Twitter does support it.
> > http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> > Abraham
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
> >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
> >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
> >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
> >> twitter users).
> >>
> >> Is there any plan in this direction?
> >>
> >> Ivan.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built
> >> > an
> >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
> >> > Maybe
> >> > somebody else can?
> >> >
> >> > Abraham
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
> >> > > Hi.
> >> >
> >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
> >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
> >> >
> >> > > The problem:
> >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
> >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
> can't
> >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
> logical
> >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
> >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
> >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
> >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
> >> >
> >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
> know
> >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
> >> >
> >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
> >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
> >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
> >> >
> >> > > For example
> >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
> point
> >> > > to the same page:
> >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
> >> >
> >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
> >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
> >> >
> >> > > Ivan.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
> >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
> >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> > Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
> > Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham
> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>


[twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-30 Thread Andy Freeman
Argh!

I opened such a feature request late last November AND you commented
on it late last December.

See http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1242 .

On Jan 30, 11:17 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There does not appear to be. You could open an feature request and maybe
> Twitter will augment ithttp://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.
>
> Abraham
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:06, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:
> > Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>
> > But why isn't it documented anywhere?
> > And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
> > I mean smth like
> >http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
> > ???
>
> > Thanks once more,
> > Ivan.
>
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Actually Twitter does support it.
> > >http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> > > Abraham
>
> > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>
> > >> Hi.
>
> > >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
> > >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
> > >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
> > >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
> > >> twitter users).
>
> > >> Is there any plan in this direction?
>
> > >> Ivan.
>
> > >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built
> > >> > an
> > >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
> > >> > Maybe
> > >> > somebody else can?
>
> > >> > Abraham
>
> > >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
> > >> > > Hi.
>
> > >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
> > >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>
> > >> > > The problem:
> > >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
> > >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
> > can't
> > >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
> > logical
> > >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
> > >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
> > >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
> > >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>
> > >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
> > know
> > >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
>
> > >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
> > >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
> > >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>
> > >> > > For example
> > >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
> > point
> > >> > > to the same page:
> > >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>
> > >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
> > >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>
> > >> > > Ivan.
>
> > >> > --
> > >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> > >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
> > >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
> > >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> > >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>
> > > --
> > > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> > > Project | Out Loud |http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
> > > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
> > > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> > > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>
> --
> Abraham Williams | Community Advocate |http://abrah.am
> Project | Out Loud |http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
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>
> - Show quoted text -


Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-30 Thread Abraham Williams
There does not appear to be. You could open an feature request and maybe
Twitter will augment it http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry.

Abraham

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 02:06, Ivan Glushkov  wrote:

> Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!
>
> But why isn't it documented anywhere?
> And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
> I mean smth like
> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
> ???
>
> Thanks once more,
> Ivan.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Actually Twitter does support it.
> > http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> > Abraham
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
> >> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
> >> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
> >> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
> >> twitter users).
> >>
> >> Is there any plan in this direction?
> >>
> >> Ivan.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built
> >> > an
> >> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
> >> > Maybe
> >> > somebody else can?
> >> >
> >> > Abraham
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
> >> > > Hi.
> >> >
> >> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
> >> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
> >> >
> >> > > The problem:
> >> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
> >> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you
> can't
> >> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the
> logical
> >> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
> >> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
> >> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
> >> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
> >> >
> >> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't
> know
> >> > > what content they might approve after a while.
> >> >
> >> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
> >> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
> >> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
> >> >
> >> > > For example
> >> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should
> point
> >> > > to the same page:
> >> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
> >> >
> >> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
> >> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
> >> >
> >> > > Ivan.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> >> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
> >> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
> >> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> >> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> > Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
> > Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham
> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>



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Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-30 Thread Ivan Glushkov
Oh, thanks, Abraham! That's great!

But why isn't it documented anywhere?
And is there any way to redirect to some status of this user?
I mean smth like
http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992&status=3
???

Thanks once more,
Ivan.


On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually Twitter does support it.
> http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992
> Abraham
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
>> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
>> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
>> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
>> twitter users).
>>
>> Is there any plan in this direction?
>>
>> Ivan.
>>
>>
>> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built
>> > an
>> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
>> > Maybe
>> > somebody else can?
>> >
>> > Abraham
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
>> > > Hi.
>> >
>> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
>> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>> >
>> > > The problem:
>> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
>> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you can't
>> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the logical
>> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
>> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
>> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
>> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>> >
>> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't know
>> > > what content they might approve after a while.
>> >
>> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
>> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
>> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>> >
>> > > For example
>> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should point
>> > > to the same page:
>> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>> >
>> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
>> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>> >
>> > > Ivan.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
>> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
>> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
>> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
>> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>
>
>
> --
> Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> Project | Out Loud | http://outloud.labs.poseurtech.com
> Hacker | http://abrah.am | http://twitter.com/abraham
> This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> Sent from Seattle, WA, United States


Re: [twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-29 Thread Abraham Williams
Actually Twitter does support it.

http://twitter.com/account/redirect_by_id?id=9436992

Abraham

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 06:42, Ivan  wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
> need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
> statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
> the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
> twitter users).
>
> Is there any plan in this direction?
>
> Ivan.
>
>
> On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built an
> > application that handled this but I can't find any references to it.
> Maybe
> > somebody else can?
> >
> > Abraham
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
> > > Hi.
> >
> > > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
> > > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
> >
> > > The problem:
> > > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
> > > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you can't
> > > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the logical
> > > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
> > > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
> > > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
> > > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
> >
> > > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't know
> > > what content they might approve after a while.
> >
> > > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
> > > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
> > > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
> >
> > > For example
> > > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should point
> > > to the same page:
> > > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
> >
> > > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
> > > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
> >
> > > Ivan.
> >
> > --
> > Abraham Williams | Moved to Seattle | May cause email delays
> > Project | Intersect |http://intersect.labs.poseurtech.com
> > Hacker |http://abrah.am|http://twitter.com/abraham
> > This email is: [ ] shareable [x] ask first [ ] private.
> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>



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[twitter-dev] Re: Possibility to link to the user page not by the name but by the id.

2010-01-27 Thread Ivan
Hi.

I don't need an application that is able to handle this. Instead i
need changes in the twitter API so i can refer to the users and their
statuses using the user id, not the username. This is a problem for
the aggregator, and there users (so it become also a problem for the
twitter users).

Is there any plan in this direction?

Ivan.


On 21 янв, 06:03, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember this topic coming up before and it seems like someone built an
> application that handled this but I can't find any references to it. Maybe
> somebody else can?
>
> Abraham
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 06:29, Ivan  wrote:
> > Hi.
>
> > I tried to find the similar question here (in google groups), in the
> > FAQ and in the API, but couldn't find anything.
>
> > The problem:
> > Cross-posting the links to the user page and to some his statuses in
> > the web become more and more popular. But, as i understood, you can't
> > guarantee that this links not long after would not change the logical
> > destination. For example I create some post about some twitter-user
> > "aaa" and give the link "twitter.com/aaa"
> > After that user “aaa” changed name to "bbb" and user "ddd" changed
> > name to "aaa". So my old link now points to the different person.
>
> > This problem becomes more serious for the aggregators that don't know
> > what content they might approve after a while.
>
> > The simplest decision would be providing the possibility to link to
> > the user not by name but also by id. That pages might be just
> > redirections to the original user pages, it doesn't matter.
>
> > For example
> > if the user “aaa” have id 11, the following two links should point
> > to the same page:
> > twitter.com/aaa and twitter.com/id/11
>
> > This mechanism should also be applied for the statuses:
> > twitter.com/id/11/statuses/22
>
> > Ivan.
>
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