This setting is set to be removed momentarily. Watch blog.twitter.com for notes about the deprecation when the deploy happens.
You heard it here first. Thanks, Doug -- Doug Williams Twitter Platform Support http://twitter.com/dougw On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: > The default is: "show me: @replies to the people that I'm following". The > vast majority of our users keep this default. If this setting is indeed > removed this is the behavior we will use. > > Note: I will update the thread when/if this setting is axed (even though > it's not really an API decision) to close the loop. > > Thanks, > Doug > -- > > Doug Williams > Twitter Platform Support > http://twitter.com/dougw > > > Wait, did the default not used to be "Show all @ replies" (it is the > first option in the dropdown box)? Did that change? Personally, I > like seeing all of them as it leads me to follow new and interesting > people... > > If this goes away, is everyone going to be set to "only show @replies > to people I follow" ? > -- > Do you follow me? http://twitter.com/dougw > > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 2:43 PM, voorwiel <voorw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> OK, thanks for the heads up. >> >> On May 11, 11:30 pm, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: >> > We have had a debate internally (today) where we have all but decided to >> > remove this setting in the near future. I would not create any >> application >> > that relied on this. Almost all of our users leave it at the default >> (only >> > show @replies to people I follow) so the cost of maintaining the setting >> > does not translate to value in the product. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Doug >> > -- >> > >> > Doug Williams >> > Twitter Platform Supporthttp://twitter.com/dougw >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:57 PM, voorwiel <voorw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > Thanks, I'm familiar with the setting. >> > >> > > Somehow the setting does not have any effect with the account I'm >> > > testing with: not when logged in to twitter.com, and not when using >> > > statuses/friends_timeline. Chad's posting made me do some tests with >> > > two other accounts: there the setting works as it should. >> > >> > > The only difference between the accounts I can think of is that the >> > > misbehaving account is the one I used when applying for a higher rate >> > > limit (20,000). Could there be a relation? >> > >> > > thanks, Jack >> > >> > > On May 11, 8:38 pm, Doug Williams <d...@twitter.com> wrote: >> > > > There is a setting to change this behavior: >> > >> > > >http://help.twitter.com/forums/23786/entries/14595 >> > >> > > > Thanks, >> > > > Doug >> > > > -- >> > >> > > > Doug Williams >> > > > Twitter Platform Supporthttp://twitter.com/dougw >> > >> > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Chad Etzel <jazzyc...@gmail.com> >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > I'm confused now. I just pulled my friends_timeline and it is >> > > > > definitely showing @replies from my friends to people I don't >> follow. >> > > > > i.e. I'm getting the "firehose" as it pertains to my >> > > > > friends_timeline.... are you saying you're not seeing the same >> thing? >> > >> > > > > -Chad >> > >> > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:36 PM, voorwiel <voorw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > > > > On May 10, 12:00 am, Abraham Williams <4bra...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > > > >> I would think that statuses/friends_timeline [1] would not be >> > > effected >> > > > > by >> > > > > >> @-reply settings [2]. If it is your only option is to use the >> search >> > > > > method >> > > > > >> you mentioned. The down side of this is protected accounts are >> not >> > > > > included. >> > >> > > > > > Indeed it isn't affected by the setting. I wonder whether it is >> a >> > > > > > policy decision not to include statuses directed at non-friends >> in >> > > > > > statuses/friends_timeline. I'm actually hoping that it is not in >> the >> > > > > > otherwise excellent documentation simply because someone forgot >> to >> > > > > > include it :) >> > >> > > > > > greetings, Jack >> > >
