What this probably does is enumerating the followings for the target user, then opening a filter stream [1] that watches a list of all of those.
[1] https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/reference/post/statuses/fi...
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#22What this probably does is enumerating the followings for the target user, then opening a filter stream [1] that watches a list of all of those. [1] https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/reference/post/statuses/fi...
They actually use the lists/statuses endpoint, but it accomplishes essentially the same thing.
Their architecture is described here: https://github.com/agermanidis/Antipersona/blob/master/ARCHI...
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#23Eh, it probably doesn't hide the "disabled retweets", which can be a bit misleading. I doubt that's exposed to other users.
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#24Downloaded the app and tried it. Links don't work, pictures don't show, there's no conversation view... This isn't becoming someone on Twitter, it's viewing a non-interactive and incomplete screenshot from over their shoulder. That makes it much, much less useful for its stated purpose. Too bad.
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#25The fact that I think this is the worst idea in the world might be the very reason this could be huge. I thought friendster, myspace and facebook enabling people with 15min of fame by displaying their personal lives on the net was the worst idea in the world. I did think the way Google handled search was the best idea in the world, so go figure.
It's all about you.
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#26Where's the demo or preview exactly? Do I have to install it on my iPhone to experience it first?
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#27I wonder if brands will use this to monitor what their competitors are doing. Maybe even stealing potential leads or clients.
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#28This is great and if lists are created on the user personal account, then they will be visible from the Twitter UI itself.
Too bad is a mobile app.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apparently there was such a feature http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/26/now-you-can-see-twitter-the...
The rollout got stopped when a senior executive was following a porn star. I forget whether his wife actually saw that via this feature or whether he was simply just afraid of it happening, but the feature got cancelled.
Unfollow wasn't an option?
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#30nice idea! but... why do you need to ask for permission to: - publish tweets - update my profile ? A sentence saying "we'll not publish anything" is not enough. Better dont ask for permission in the twitter API or explain why do you need it.
Probably because Twitter permissions granularity is very sparse. Last time I checked it was just read the whole account or read/write the whole account.
Thus, to create private lists on your account they need the permission to write.