consider this an acknowledgement and a response, then :P these are two pretty big issues (tweet IDs and popular tweets in search). and the silence has been because we're working really hard behind the scenes to make sure we, ourselves, have weighed all the options on the axes i laid out, and we feel, given that, that we got it right. we heard all the concerns and we know that change, especially sizable change, can be painful for all. once we have things finalized, we will definitely be messaging it to the list.
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spec...@floodgap.com> wrote: > > to clarify (from my personal view), what taylor has provided to the team > is > > a clear view into what developers want / think / feel -- basically, a > pulse > > on the developer community. he's doing a fine job. and for these > > particular issues, not only has he conveyed the feelings of our > community, > > but everybody on the team has also heard it personally. i hope we have > more > > to say about both these topics soon. as you can all imagine, there is a > > myriad of moving pieces that we are all trying to get to align quickly -- > > there are technical issues, there are the concerns of our developer and > user > > community, and then, of course, there are the overall objectives of > Twitter, > > Inc. getting them all to align is, at times, ridiculously difficult. > > I appreciate all of that, but the particular issue at hand is only > emblematic of what I worry is a greater problem. If nothing else, a message > to the list simply saying "we're aware you guys don't like it, but we're > doing it anyway and here is why" would have at least won style points and > would have reinforced that you're listening. It's your basketball court, so > of course you get to decide how the game is played, but it would be nice to > tell the players. (Well, okay, that metaphor gets overused during March > Madness.) Seriously, there wasn't a single response back about that from > anyone on the API team, and it wasn't for lack of asking. No one would have > liked it, but acknowledgment of concerns even without being able to act on > them goes a long way. > > -- > ------------------------------------ personal: > http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- > Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * > ckai...@floodgap.com > -- It's lonely at the top, but the food is better. > ---------------------------- > > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
