Allen, Notifications are for device notifications (like SMS or IM) if the user has them enabled. Following means that a user's updates are included in your timeline. Notifications mean that a user's updates appear in your timeline AND are sent to your enabled devices.
Doug Williams Twitter API Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Allen <marketingpr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Seeing all the posts here, I'm getting confused as to what the term > notification means. Does it mean, for example: > > a) the person has it enabled to get email when someone starts > following them > > b) the person has it enabled to notices sent to their mobile phone > > c) something else? > > Seriously, I've seen the term used in different contexts and the api > says "Enables notifications for updates from the specified user to the > authenticating user. Returns the specified user when successful." but > then it says that notification is a "boolean indicating if a user is > receiving device updates for a given user", which sounds like it's a > mobile phone (i.e., device). > > Can anybody clarify what this is? > > Thanks > Allen >
