Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-06 Thread Corey Menscher
I'm creating a Java app that updates my Twitter account's status on a certain event. I'm able to update the status once (i.e. "Hello World!"), but when I submit subsequent statuses with the identical text, my Twitter feed does not get updated When I change the text slightly ("Hello World 2!"), t

Re: Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-06 Thread Alex Payne
We do ignore subsequent identical messages. I'll update the documentation. On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:37, Corey Menscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm creating a Java app that updates my Twitter account's status on a > certain event. I'm able to update the status once (i.e. "Hello > World!"

Re: Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-06 Thread tweetip
I've been guessing this new check is why posting an update is taking so long?

Re: Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-06 Thread Alex Payne
It's not new, and we haven't had any other reports of updates lagging. On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 15:25, tweetip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been guessing this new check is why posting an update is taking > so long? > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x

Re: Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-09 Thread Corey Menscher
No documentation update yet...can you please just tell me what the subsequent update limit is so I can update my code to prevent redundant posts? In the meantime I'm going to limit identical posts to no more than one a minute. (Don't worry, I don't expect the app to update nearly that often...but

Re: Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-09 Thread Alex Payne
I've updated the docs. There's no limit per se, we just discard statuses with text that are identical to the updating user's current status text. So, don't post "foo bar baz" twice in a row, as it's not guaranteed to post. On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 22:38, Corey Menscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Subsequent identical messages ignored?

2008-12-09 Thread dean.j.robinson
awesome, I didn't even know that :) I'll be sure to mention that next someone accuses Hahlo of "double posting" On Dec 7, 6:29 am, "Alex Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We do ignore subsequent identical messages.  I'll update the documentation. > > > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:37, Corey Mens