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I challenge the assertion that you must you have followers for twitter to be useful? I get plenty of utility from following my favorite comedians, notable developers, companies of interest regardless of whether they follow me back or not.
I follow CNBC to keep track of business developments. They don't need to follow me; they don't need to know when I'm shopping at the mall. :)
Hey! Do I have to "save and run" each time I want to favorite more tweets?
Again, I can see it being useful for a new Twitter user (if you manage to get it in front of them), but it's not going to solve the grander problems of Twitter sociability.
It also ruins Twitter favoriting as read-it-later (through IFTTT or otherwise) for people who use it that way (me). Perhaps I'm in the minority though.
I've already tried something like this. I found that Twitter suspend the account incredibly fast if you interact with the website automatically. They can tell it's not natural. I switched to the API which is much more lenient.
I've already tried something like this. I found that Twitter suspend the account incredibly fast if you interact with the website automatically. They can tell it's not natural. I switched to the API which is much more lenient.
My goal here isn't to hurt Twitter, so by limiting any sort of automtation and choosing selectively, I think this is a win for them.
Not to mention I want to avoid getting people in any sort of trouble at all. If spaced out properly, this bot should, theoretically, be nearly impossible to detect.
It could be useful as a tool for new Twitter users, but it doesn't seem revolutionary. If you up the limit to 2000 favorites an hour, then it's suddenly not different from any other bot, despite good intentions. Again, I can see it being useful for a new Twitter user (if you manage to get it in front of them), but it's not going to solve the grander problems of Twitter sociability. It also ruins Twitter favoriting as…
I've already tried something like this. I found that Twitter suspend the account incredibly fast if you interact with the website automatically. They can tell it's not natural. I switched to the API which is much more lenient.
Can you go into more detail? What kind of numbers are we talking about? My goal here isn't to hurt Twitter, so by limiting any sort of automtation and choosing selectively, I think this is a win for them. Not to mention I want to avoid getting people in any sort of trouble at all. If spaced out properly, this bot should, theoretically, be nearly impossible to detect.