Exact dupes sent via the API are dropped. I believe that it's intended to prevent runaway apps from posting the same thing over and over (say if an app had a bug...nevar!). This feature actually saved my bacon once.
It's not new, though. It's been that way for at least 18 months. -damon -- http://twitter.com/damon On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 6:27 AM, ryan alford <ryanalford...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Twitter recently implemented logic to stop the ability of duplicate > tweets. I can't remember if it was ever released what the time period > is. > On Oct 28, 2009, at 7:24 AM, Greg <gregory.av...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I have an application that sends out a Tweet when a user Authorizes >> the Application and asks a Question to a particular user. Does Twitter >> block continous sending out of a Tweet within a time period? I am >> doing testing of the application and whenever I try to do a Update >> Status - it returns the ID of the last Tweet that I made from the >> account. Did my Consumer Key/Consumer Key get blocked, or will Twitter >> not allow the same tweet to be posted in a certain time period? >> >> Greg
