Brian, Taylor, Thanks very much for your quick responses. I'll send a message to the above once I can think it through more precisely -- or decide that what I was thinking of doing isn't needed after all. (FWIW, the issue is not so much a "shouldn't" but more of a gray area that I'm not sure the policy contemplated.)
cheers and thanks again, Miles On Feb 9, 12:22 pm, Brian Sutorius <bsutor...@twitter.com> wrote: > Hi Miles, > I work on the API Policy team and monitor the messages at > a...@twitter.com. We'd be happy to answer any questions you have about > our policies or a specific feature you're thinking of. > > Brian Sutorius > > On Feb 9, 11:56 am, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Miles, > > > While this public forum is great if you want to discuss the terms themselves > > with others, if you want to privately discuss API terms with Twitter, it's > > best to send a message to a...@twitter.com -- it might take a bit for you to > > get a response but the policy team will get your inquiry. > > > That said, it's best to steer clear of anything explicitly prohibited in the > > terms and to follow the "shoulds" as closely as possible. > > > Taylor > > > @episod <http://twitter.com/episod> - Taylor Singletary - Twitter Developer > > Advocate > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Miles Parker <milespar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've got a case where I'm not sure whether a potential use would > > > conflict with terms of service. I'd rather not get into details on > > > public forum ;) but I can if this is the only place for it. But I'm > > > wondering if there is someone or somewhere to ask questions? i.e. re: > > > "If you are doing something prohibited by the Rules, talk to us about > > > whether we should make a change or give you an exception." -- Who is > > > "us"? > > > > thanks, > > > > Miles > > > > -- > > > Twitter developer documentation and resources:http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > > >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > > Change your membership to this group: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk