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aalaap replied on July 12, 2009 11:18 to the question "How do I delete ALL my regular tweets in one go?" in Twitter:

I wanted to clean one of my Twitter accounts (which was mostly being pumped by TwitterFeed), and on finding no easy way to do this, I wrote a script that did this. Eventually, I figured this could be of use to others, so I made it into an app. Check it out - http://twitwipe.com

aalaap reported a problem in Twitter on July 11, 2009 04:01:

Why do the XML, JSON and direct methods of accessing a user's profile return different, mostly stale data?

I'm building a Twitter app that requires to check user data somewhat frequently, but I'm facing trouble with a cache that's oddly on Twitter's side, not mine.

Try the following user:

users/show in XML: http://twitter.com/users/show.xml?scr...

users/show in JSON: http://twitter.com/users/show.json?sc...

normal page: http://twitter.com/technolocus

All these methods of accessing data should return the same values, right? Check the statuses_count for each of them.

XML: 12548

JSON: 12513

normal: 12498

The normal method (i.e. just visiting the profile non-programatically) serves up the most correct value of 12498. If I post or delete tweets to this account, it gets updated on the profile page instantly, but the XML and JSON methods still return cached data.

At this point, the values of the XML and JSON methods are 12 to 18 hours old respectively.

I first tried to access these methods from my website (hosted on Dreamhost). I thought it was Dreamhost caching the responses. Then I tried to access the API directly from my browser. I did a cURL from the command line from my machine after that. It wasn't dreamhost. I thought it was probably my ISP (I think they use NetApp or something like that). Then I asked a friend in another corner of India to try it. He's getting the exact same cached responses as I am.

So it isn't Dreamhost's cache; it isn't my ISP or my country's cache. There's only one conclusion - Twitter is caching responses.

How in the heavens do I get around this?!?

Forgot to mention this: The script on the server is in PHP and is using cURL to retrieve the XML and JSON data from Twitter, while the local tests have been just using the browser. Both have the exact same result!

aalaap asked a question in HootSuite on April 04, 2009 18:51:

How do I change my password?

How do I change my password? I just can't seem to figure out where I need to go to change my main HootSuite user password.

A comment on the problem ""500 Internal Server Error" when creating large Bunch" in Aalaap:

Send me an email with the links. It looks like they're getting truncated here on GS. Send them to aalaap at gmail. – aalaap, on April 02, 2009 15:24

aalaap replied on April 02, 2009 14:16 to the problem ""500 Internal Server Error" when creating large Bunch" in Aalaap:

Just tried it again. It seems to be working now. Can you try?

aalaap replied on April 02, 2009 14:01 to the problem ""500 Internal Server Error" when creating large Bunch" in Aalaap:

This seems to be a problem with LinkBunch right now. It's not the number of links - even a single link seems to be giving a 500 error. I'll look into it.

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aalaap replied on June 15, 2008 14:27 to the idea "Giving links titles/descriptions, so we know where they go." in Aalaap:

I like the sound of that. I've been thinking on similar lines, but I'm glad to finally hear it from a user. Thanks!

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aalaap replied on April 21, 2008 07:27 to the problem "Unable to see the feed listed in my profile" in twitterfeed:

I have my OpenID at MyOpenID.com and I've delegated my domain aalaap.com to the same. I tried logging in as aalaap.com, www.aalaap.com as well as aalaap.myopenid.com but I'm still getting an empty feed list. I have some four or five feeds there and I need to make some urgent changes.

Mario, I'm following you on Twitter. My username is "aalaap". Please follow me back so I can send you a DM to prove my identity. :)

- Aalaap

aalaap replied on April 21, 2008 07:19 to the problem "Unable to see the feed listed in my profile" in twitterfeed:

I have my OpenID at MyOpenID.com and I've delegated my domain aalaap.com to the same. I tried logging in as aalaap.com, www.aalaap.com as well as aalaap.myopenid.com but I'm still getting an empty feed list. I have some four or five feeds there and I need to make some urgent changes.

Mario, I'm following you on Twitter. My username is "aalaap". Please follow me back so I can send you a DM to prove my identity. :)

- Aalaap

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aalaap replied on April 21, 2008 05:30 to the question "Experience Ehancement" in Aalaap:

I'm still working on it. When done, it'll be even slicker looking!

:)

- Aalaap

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aalaap replied on April 20, 2008 07:47 to the question "Experience Ehancement" in Aalaap:

Hmm, nice idea.

However, I've actually been working on a more effective bookmarket that creates an AJAX layer on the page you are browsing and displays the short link there. No windows, no tabs.

Try this. Copy paste the following code into a new bookmark.

javascript:var d=document; var f=d.createElement('IFRAME'); f.id='f'; f.border=0; s=f.style; s.position='absolute'; s.height='240px'; s.width='320px'; s.top='100px'; s.bottom='100px'; f.src='http://lin.cr/?l='+escape(location.href); d.body.appendChild(f); alert('completed');

It looks weird, transparent, has scrollbars etc., but it's like super early alpha, so don't freak out! :)

- Aalaap

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aalaap replied on April 15, 2008 06:11 to the idea "Simple results page" in Aalaap:

This has been requested before.

I'm actually trying to figure out the strategy for mobile use of LinkBunch. I may go with a simple page as you requested or a different concept altogether.

Soon.

aalaap replied on April 15, 2008 06:08 to the question "linkbunch.com will not open this link" in Aalaap:

Could you provide the bunch URL which contains this link?