Looks like a bug... can you open an issue here? http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list
---Mark http://twitter.com/mccv On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:59 AM, georgios <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I was under the impression that screen_names are unique but I came > across two different users having the same screen_name: > > http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?user_id=110332760 > http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml?user_id=122406923 > > The screen_name is Y_H_B and when we access the User Show method by > screen name (http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.xml? > screen_name=Y_H_B) or go to their twitter page (http://twitter.com/ > Y_H_B) then we are looking at the user with id = 110332760 > > Does anyone know if this is a bug or a known issue? What happens with > the "ghost" user 122406923? Is it a valid user? They don't seem to > have a twitter page since the Y_H_B screen_name is used by someone > else. > > Thanks > Georgios >
