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checking in a place with brightkite rarely set my Twitter location
The option "When I check in at a place, set my Twitter location accordingly (NEW)." is active in my brightkite account but rarely works. The problem is the same when I check with the brigthkite website or withe the iPhone app.
If the other option "When I post a note" is active, when I check in at a place, the posting location on twitter is OK everytime, but the Twitter location update rarely works.
If the other option "When I post a note" is active, when I check in at a place, the posting location on twitter is OK everytime, but the Twitter location update rarely works.
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Inappropriate?Hi Pierre, what is your Brightkite username? I tested this with my accounts and it seems to be working okay now, but we'll check it out.
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Inappropriate?Thanks,
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Inappropriate?Ah, I think I see the problem. It looks like you're using the iPhone app to check in and post at the same time -- when you do that your checkins are implicit and they aren't shared to other services. If you want your checkin to update your Twitter location, you will have to check in first and then post your note or photo.
I know that adds an extra step, but that's really the only option given the way things currently work. We have some changes planned that will improve this behavior, but we don't have an ETA on those just yet. I hope this helps in the meantime.
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Inappropriate?Thank you for your message.
I've deleted all the checkins today for my test of the problem (so you can't see the checkins in the history of brightkite account).
I've unchecked option "When I post a note" and keep only the option "When I check in at a place, set my Twitter location accordingly (NEW)." active. The problem is the same when I check with the brigthkite website or withe the iPhone app : checkin a place doesnt't update my Twitter location.
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Can you try a separate test checkin for me? I don't see any recent checkins from you, your last post/checkin was 2 days ago. -
Inappropriate?I've checked in with brightkite website in my browser, and... it works
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Inappropriate?I've tried with the iPhone app and it works too
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Inappropriate?Great! :)
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Inappropriate?Just checked in with the iPhone app 19 min ago : position is not shared with twitter and fireeagle.
Just checked in with the Brightkite website 2 minutes ago : position is not shared with twitter and fireeagle.
I’m frustrated
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Inappropriate?Hmm, I'm not sure. Just tested with my account and both updated right away. It's possible we're experiencing connection issues with their APIs. Can you try a few more tests throughout the day?
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Inappropriate?New test, checked in with the iPhone app : OK, position is shared with twitter and fireeagle.
So :
> sometime it works, sometime no.
> the problem is the same for checkin with the iPhone app or the brightkite website
> Important : when it works, it works both twitter/fireeagle, and when it does'nt works, it doesnt'work withe both twitter/fireeagle
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Inappropriate?Check out this solution for Twitter locations: http://sent.fm/
You can post your location as a short url (http://sent.fm/P) or as a 'short-cut' url (http://sent.fm/seattle+wa) or even tweet your iPhone's exact GPS coordinates.
I’m undecided
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