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Twitter is a microblogging service that lets users post "tweets" of up to 140 characters. These can also be posted via its API (http://apiwiki.twitter.com/w/page/22554648/FrontPage).

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As a software engineer, who should I be following on Twitter?

Who in the software engineering and software development fields uses Twitter to tweet about relevant happenings in the field?
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How do I store the OAuth v1 consumer key and secret for an open source desktop Twitter client without revealing it to the user?

I want to make a thick-client, desktop, open source twitter client. I happen to be using .NET as my language and Twitterizer as my OAuth/Twitter wrapper, and my app will likely be released as open source. To get an OAuth token, four pieces of…
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What are the pros (and cons) of using “Sign in with Twitter/Facebook” for a new website?

Myself and a friend are looking to launch a little forum site. I’m considering using the “Sign in with Facebook/Twitter” APIs, possibly exclusively (a la e.g. Lanyrd), for user login. I haven’t used either of these before, nor run a site with user…
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Does tweeting 9 to 5 hurt job applicants?

If you were looking into a job applicant's background and discovered that he or she has 1200 followers on Twitter and averages 50 tweets per day (more than half of which are during business hours), would it affect your hiring decision? How and…
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Is it practical to use Twitter for service logs?

Recently my boss suggested that we post logs of our service that is hosted on Windows Azure into twitter. His idea is that it's conveniently readable and if Azure cloud fails logs persist. He also said, lots of people do this, I Googled and couldn't…
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Performing client-side OAuth authorized Twitter API calls versus server side, how much of a difference is there in terms of performance?

I'm working on a Twitter application in Ruby on Rails. One of the biggest arguments that I have with other people on the project is the method of calling the Twitter API. Before, everything was done on the server: OAuth login, updating the user's…
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Which NoSQL repository is most suitable for a Twitter-type architecture?

In an upcoming project I need to create a Twitter like web application where the basic idea is to read / write short messages and status updates (similar to tweets) and group these messages (just like hashtags) Also users can have followers and can…
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Twitter's new approach of third party application? How would you see this move as developer.... especially you plan to build a twitter client

Just today morning I have read news that twitter has issued a warning to developers not to make any new third party client, the official announcement can be read here. As a programmer, how do you see this move of twitter? Does it seems that they…
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Can someone explain the behind-the-scenes process of connecting an app account to a Facebook account?

I am developing an app that will use the Twitter and Facebook login APIs exclusively. Suppose a new user downloads the apps and is presented with the option to log in through Facebook or Twitter. The user chooses Facebook. I think the procedure at…
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iOS Development: What are some reasons I should to use XAuth to authenticate a twitter user?

I see many people using XAuth in their app to authenticate twitter users and I'm wondering what are some situations that I would want to use XAuth in my own apps. Thanks so much for your wisdom!
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Facebook and Twitter authentication from Mobile Applications

I might be missing something with the Facebook and Twitter logins APIs. Something that is blocking me from understanding how they would be used in mobile applications. Both APIs seem like they need to redirect you to and then back to a website. How…
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How does Twitter's "dogfooding" work? If they are using different URL's, how are they using their own API?

I heard that twitter practices "dogfooding," meaning that they use their own API for the website. However, I don't really understand how that's true. When I use Firebug, I see that all the AJAX calls are made to some URL…
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Twitter in app browser + user agent string

Recently (I believe some weeks ago) with the latest update of the Twitter app for iOS, all links found inside tweets are opened in Twitter's build-in browser. My question is how to find Twitter's browser agent so I can display custom messages. For…
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What could be the best way to generalize data from Facebook and Twitter?

I am not sure if this is the best subsite to ask this question, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't fit on the normal or facebook SO page... I've been asked to make a general API for connecting to several Social Media platforms (at the moment Facebook…
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What kinds of copyright or privacy issues apply to tweets?

If I want to use the data on Twitter in my application, what are the restrictions? What user data should I avoid touching? For example, if I want to collect information from certain type of tweets about users and use this information on my site as…
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