On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Alex Payne <a...@twitter.com> wrote: > > Just start typing?
Eh? I don't see an option to choose between "Enhancement" or "Defect" either when creating a new issue. Is it hiding somewhere? -Chad > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 11:44, iematthew <matthew.dai...@ientryinc.com> wrote: >> >> Just curious, but how does one go about setting the type of an issue >> in the bug/feature request system? I haven't seen any option for doing >> so, so my "Enhancement" gets entered as a "Defect". >> >> >> On Feb 23, 2:39 pm, iematthew <matthew.dai...@ientryinc.com> wrote: >>> Yes, there are more important things. But for future planning and >>> keeping things clean, I think it would be a good thing to have. For >>> apps that cache Twitter users and have tons in their system, >>> requesting updates on each user can be resource-consuming, not to >>> mention whitelist-consuming. >>> >>> A features request has been submitted as suggested: >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=311 >>> >>> On Feb 23, 2:11 pm, Alex Payne <a...@twitter.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Yes, please do:http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/entry >>> >>> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 09:28, jstrellner <jstrell...@urltrends.com> >>> > wrote: >>> >>> > > I second this, it would be useful. Although, if you are requesting >>> > > info for that user, Twitter should be returning that the user no >>> > > longer exists, and your app should remove them. >>> >>> > > Your solution would be good for bulk cleans, but incremental would >>> > > probably be more efficient. >>> >>> > > So while it would be useful, I'm not sure its required. I'll vote 1/2 >>> > > of a +1, as it would be nice to have available, but here are more >>> > > important things. >>> >>> > > Maybe you should add it to their API feature request site? >>> >>> > > iematthew wrote: >>> > >> I haven't seen anything on the group or otherwise for a basic house- >>> > >> cleaning method for getting a list of suspended/canceled/deleted >>> > >> Twitter accounts. As our Twitter apps continue to grow, having methods >>> > >> for clearing out the dead wood from our systems would be quite useful. >>> > >> I don't think anyone wants to end up a few years down the road with a >>> > >> million non-existent Twitter accounts in their system, and I don't >>> > >> think it helps Twitter to have traffic coming back to them for >>> > >> accounts that no longer exist. >>> >>> > >> What I propose is a simple method for grabbing the Twitter IDs of >>> > >> those accounts which have been permanently removed. If we could have >>> > >> returned an array of these ids (much the same as the new Social Graphs >>> > >> methods return only the IDs of a user's friends or followers) it would >>> > >> help us all keep our systems clear of these defunct accounts. Perhaps >>> > >> options for a since_id or since_time would also be useful so we only >>> > >> get the IDs we haven't already cleared out. >>> >>> > >> Thoughts on this? >>> >>> > -- >>> > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc.http://twitter.com/al3x >> > > > > -- > Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. > http://twitter.com/al3x >
