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The @ tab should also include tweets that aren't just @replies.
This should do a simultaneous @reply API call and do a Twitter search for @username. That way it could account for every message coming to me, be it a reply or a mention.
Currently I have to set up a search for @indiekid in the "More" tab just to be able to see everything.
Currently I have to set up a search for @indiekid in the "More" tab just to be able to see everything.
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Inappropriate?A few people want this... but I think this is better solved server side. I think twitter should somehow consider tweets that start with a list of usernames (@user1 @user2 @user3 some message here) as a reply to *all 3* of those users, rather than just the first one. Leveraging search seems like a hack. And plus, it would also pick up "mentions" of you, so they don't really belong under the Replies tab anyway.
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Inappropriate?One of the things to note is that other clients are already beginning to change this. Twhirl, as a matter of fact, now can include @ mentions as a part of the @ replies tab.
I think there's an easy way for you to accomplish this by including a new preference in the settings page that might be able to plug this in there.
While I understand that Twitter should definitely change the API and update this since there's so much more going on with @'s now beyond replies. However, (when I was building SocialThing) I couldn't always rely on the partner adding a new feature and sometimes had to take matters into my own hands.
Now obviously, you guys have your own roadmap, but this is a huge use case. People want to know when they're being talked about. There's a few reasons why a Twitter search better than @replies call, and a few reasons why a Twitter search is better:
Twitter search means I don't get @replies from people that are private.
@replies means I'll only see when things have me in the beginning of the tweet.
New users that are coming to Twitter for the first time have no idea that the concept of "mentions" even exists. They click on the @replies tab and assume it's going to contain anything about them. Unfortunately, because Twitter doesn't surface Search more prominently, there's no way for them to know that they're being mentioned elsewhere. I think this is where clients can really pick up the slack. Combining a Twitter Search call with the @Replies API call could really be useful as part of an aggregated button. It would also mean that I no longer need to do two different actions to get the same (relatively) information. -
Inappropriate?I understand where you guys are coming from, completely. It's pretty low on the todo list though, as you can *technically* already accomplish it in Tweetie today (granted it takes 2 taps instead of 1). Conceptually, it doesn't make sense to have *all* mentions of your username under the replies tab, just the one's where your name is part of a list of reply-to users. (And again, this is something Twitter might want to consider handling so clients get this "for free").
So yeah, I am thinking about it, and unless Twitter changes their behavior soon, it'll probably show up in Tweetie at some point (can't make any promises though... can only code so fast :).
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The issue here is more what you need to do to see everything pertinent to you.
In this case I would need to look under the main tab, the direct messages tab and my @alper search term which is somewhat in the back (if I could replace the default @reply tab with a search of my choosing, that would fix a lot!).
Compare this to twhirl where you start it up and you see everything (messages, @replies, @mentions and directs) in the same list and you'll see which I prefer. -
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