I fail to see how knowing the user's screen name only is "phoning home" or a "sneaky thing".
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 16:20, Joseph Cheek <jos...@cheek.com> wrote: > > I agree. I've seen a lot of resistance to user apps that "phone home" > in the past. > > Joseph Cheek > jos...@cheek.com > @cheekdotcom > > mcdade wrote: > > Thanks JDG for the advice but I wrote an App, not a webapp. > > > > The program runs on the users computer and they auth, I really don't > > want to do a whole "i'm going to quietly send your info to me while > > you aren't looking". I really dislike when companies put in a some > > sneaky things to get the user info without the user knowing about it. > > > > Twitter really should provide a method of seeing this server side, I > > guess they don't. > > > > -b > > > > On Aug 25, 11:44 pm, JDG <ghil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> they do. when you get an access token, the screen name and their ID are > >> returned to you along with the token. Use it. Store it. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 15:18, mcdade <bmcd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Bumping on this since no one answered.. > >>> > >>> And i'm up to 90 users who authed now but I have no idea who they are > >>> since i can't search my app's name. > >>> > >>> Twitter needs to create a way for Developers to track users who are > >>> using the product. Look at Facebook, they have amazing tools for the > >>> Developer > >>> > >>> -b > >>> > >>> On Aug 12, 4:33 pm, mcdade <bmcd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Ok. > >>>> > >>>> So I have my app written, I usedoauthto authenticate them since it > >>>> was easier the storing the password. Anyways I didn't write in > >>>> anything special to trackusers(or make the follow me) but I would > >>>> like to see who is using it since I had about 300 downloads on the app > >>>> but have only about 58 ppl who have authenticated with twitter. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> > >>>> -bryan > >>>> > >>>> oh.. and i wrote the app in Cocoa and the framework and code examples > >>>> suck and mostly don't work. > >>>> > >> -- > >> Internets. Serious business. > >> > > > > > -- Internets. Serious business.
