the numbers are roughly broken up over the day. and the limit applies to an account.
and yes - there is a whitelisting for status/updates -- please e-mail a...@twitter to ask for it. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:26 AM, akaii <chibiak...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is what the FAQ has to say about status update limits: > > Updates: 1,000 per day. The daily update limit is further broken down > into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Retweets are counted as > updates. > > I'm a little unclear as to what exactly is meant by "further broken > down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals". Is the 1000 per > day limit divided evenly between the 48 half hours each day (around 20 > or so tweets per half an hour?). > > Also, I'm assuming this limit applies to each unique account? > > Is this limit absolutely fixed? Or is there some equivalent to > "whitelisting" for status/update limits as well? > > Thanks... > -- Raffi Krikorian Twitter Platform Team http://twitter.com/raffi
