[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-20 Thread Jesse Stay
Please, if you do this and allow other users to use it, enable opt-out for those that don't want to receive the auto-dms. We're going to start promoting these services that enable an opt-out for this stuff on SocialToo soon (let me know if your service provides this - TweetLater is the only one

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-20 Thread Ryan Tuosto
How could a user opt out for this? It only happens one time, and automatically when they follow a user back. I'd be happy to enable such a feature, just not seeing how it can be done. On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Jesse Stay jesses...@gmail.com wrote: Please, if you do this and allow other

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-20 Thread Jesse Stay
Ryan, yeah, check out how TweetLater is doing it - http://twitter.com/optout. They require a user to follow @optout, and @optout follows the user back. Then the user just needs to DM @optout and @optout detects the Twitter username and prevents any of their users from sending auto-dms to the

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-20 Thread Coonay
twitter has a hidden spi from public use,i guess On May 20, 5:06 pm, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: How could a user opt out for this? It only happens one time, and automatically when they follow a user back. I'd be happy to enable such a feature, just not seeing how it can be

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-19 Thread Swaroop
Email is your only real time option here. On May 19, 7:45 am, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best way to do this in real time? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: Then you use option b. Sent from my adp1 On May 18, 2009 6:21

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-19 Thread Coonay
nice to hear the solution On May 20, 12:09 am, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Well how does TweetLater do it?  They don't have access to client emails. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Swaroop rh.swar...@gmail.com wrote: Email is your only real time option here. On May 19, 7:45

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
A) parse the new follower emails. The FAQ has info about that. B) call status/followers and the newest ones will be at the top of the list. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 14:57, RTuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Trying to automate this feature. Something like how TweetLater has where when a user

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Ryan Tuosto
Ok, but if I'm writing this as a service, I don't have access to other people's emails. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: A) parse the new follower emails. The FAQ has info about that. B) call status/followers and the newest ones will be at the top of

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
Then you use option b. Sent from my adp1 On May 18, 2009 6:21 PM, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, but if I'm writing this as a service, I don't have access to other people's emails. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: A) parse the new ...

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Ryan Tuosto
What is the best way to do this in real time? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.com wrote: Then you use option b. Sent from my adp1 On May 18, 2009 6:21 PM, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, but if I'm writing this as a service, I don't have access

[twitter-dev] Re: How would I automatically DM to a person once theyve followed me?

2009-05-18 Thread Abraham Williams
You can call it as often as you want. Just make sure you read the rate limiting docs on the api wiki. On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 19:45, Ryan Tuosto ryantuo...@gmail.com wrote: What is the best way to do this in real time? On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Abraham Williams 4bra...@gmail.comwrote: