[twitter-dev] Re: Problems with creating Twitter accounts for use with an API based application
http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk/browse_thread/thread/e6d8532c3ac46265/a820b56d94bda074?hl=en&#a820b56d94bda074 On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 20:03, ben wrote: > > For confidentially reasons, I can't disclose here the niche that our > application operates in but it requires a considerable number of > Twitter accounts as it's essentially developing a highly localised > service. Each account refering to individual locations in the country. > > I've already been told in this group that it's not currently possible > to use the API to create the 5000 odd accounts we need. So we've been > trying to manually register them. But a considerable number of the > accounts have been suspended presuamably to prevent spam. > > We're 100% not a spam operation and once the accounts have been > registered we'll offer an incredibly novel and exciting platform that > will speed up the uptake of Twitter in our niche market. But we need > to be able to register the accounts! > > Anyone here had similar experiences? Anyone from Twitter able to give > us a hand? Outside of a public forum, we're happy to disclose further > details. > > > Best wishes > Ben > -- Abraham Williams | Hacker | http://abrah.am @poseurtech | http://the.hackerconundrum.com Web608 | Community Evangelist | http://web608.org This email is: [ ] blogable [x] ask first [ ] private. Sent from Madison, WI, United States
[twitter-dev] Re: Problems with creating Twitter accounts for use with an API based application
On Apr 8, 2009, at 6:03 PM, ben wrote: For confidentially reasons, I can't disclose here the niche that our application operates in but it requires a considerable number of Twitter accounts as it's essentially developing a highly localised service. Each account refering to individual locations in the country Confidentially reasons or not, you should never have a reason to create 5,000 accounts. Maybe a few ten, but thousands? No. Clearly, there must be a better way to architect your application. Maybe a single application account that takes input related with a location name? I've already been told in this group that it's not currently possible to use the API to create the 5000 odd accounts we need. So we've been trying to manually register them. But a considerable number of the accounts have been suspended presuamably to prevent spam. Yes, because you are creating too many accounts, and showing up on our reports. We're 100% not a spam operation and once the accounts have been registered we'll offer an incredibly novel and exciting platform that will speed up the uptake of Twitter in our niche market. But we need to be able to register the accounts! Please understand it from Twitter's point of view - we want everyone to be able to share our (free and not unlimited) resources, not monopolize them with 5,000 accounts. -j --- John Adams Twitter Operations j...@twitter.com http://twitter.com/netik
