Mark Seymour's dashboard

Mark Seymour started following the idea "Gravatar Support?" in Twitter.

Mark Seymour shared an idea in Twitter on September 19, 2009 18:04:

An Idea: Custom Positioning for Profile Backgrounds (top center, bottom right, etc.)

How about letting users position their background the way that they want?

For instance, I have a background that looks like there are ribbons going around the content. I could center the background at the top, and make it look as I described it.

Another scenario: I want a fade effect at the bottom of the viewport for the background. I could position it at the bottom and perhaps even tile it horizontally.

An example where this could be used well would be @adamplitt's Twitter (http://twitter.com/adamplitt) (via Smashing Magazine.)



↑ Above is what his profile looks like when Firefox 3.5 is resized to about 1280 width



↑ And above is what his profile looks like when the browser is at a "non-standard" width.

Mark Seymour replied on June 01, 2009 22:17 to the problem "Whenever I upload a picture for my background Twitter tells me it has been successful but the background does not change." in Twitter:

It's still not fixed. I've been trying over the past hour or so to change it, and it just does not work.

Mark Seymour started following the problem "Whenever I upload a picture for my background Twitter tells me it has been successful but the background does not change." in Twitter.

Mark Seymour started following the question "Why won't my Twitter background change?" in Twitter.

Mark Seymour asked a question in Twitter on May 23, 2009 14:20:

I would like to change my username to one that has been registered.

I would like to change my username to one that has been registered.

However, the one that I wish to have (mseymour) has not been used since December 2007.

I remember reading that Twitter was going to release accounts that were 9 months old or more, however this account is about 17 months old. I've sent a support request to username@twitter.com, but the ticket was closed once it was received.

A comment on the problem "I get random texts from Twitter a few days after removing my mobile phone number from the service." in Twitter:

I removed it. – Mark Seymour, on April 01, 2009 01:35

Mark Seymour reported a problem in Twitter on March 31, 2009 05:55:

I get random texts from Twitter a few days after removing my mobile phone number from the service.

The first text that I received was "Welcome to Twitter. Please confirm by replying with your name. Standard message charges apply, 'stop' to quit or 'help' for help."

This was received at 5:24 PM, March 30, 2009. I did not reply back.

The second one (split into two parts) was:
"1/2: Hi, Back, taking a break from the computer for a while. :P! Have friends send 'follow Backtakingabreakfromthecomputerforawhilep' to"
"2/2: this # for your updates. 'help' for more. What are you doing?"

This was recieved at 2:44 AM, March 31, 2009.

I removed my phone from my account about a day or so prior.

Mark Seymour started following the question "has the "in reply to" feature been deactivated?" in Twitter.

A comment on the problem "I'm using 21212 and I can send, but not receive, messages from Twitter!" in Twitter:

Yes, you can still tweet via SMS. However, you cannot receive updates from people who you have chosen to receive updates via SMS. – Mark Seymour, on December 17, 2008 03:43

Mark Seymour replied on November 27, 2008 05:43 to the question "custom domain name" in Twitter:

Well, you could try to make the subdomain redirect to your twitter page. That's probably the most that you can do.

Mark Seymour replied on November 05, 2008 12:02 to the problem "Users in Canada are unable to verify phones or send tweets via 21212 (late Oct 2008)" in Twitter:

* azuretan
* SMS previously working? YES
* Phone successfully verified right now? YES
* Any response to ON? NO
* Last tweet successfully posted via sms: 2008-10-30T16:00:52+00:00
* Still receiving tweets via sms now? YES
* Support ticket number (if one has been logged): N/A

Mark Seymour started following the problem "SMS not getting through" in Twitter.

Mark Seymour replied on November 04, 2008 02:12 to the problem "I can receive sms notifications but cannot send updates via sms" in Twitter:

I am on Bell/Aliant as well.

Mark Seymour marked one of mdy's replies in Twitter as useful. mdy replied to the question "HELP...I need a profile!". Mark Seymour and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Mark Seymour reported a problem in Twitter on November 04, 2008 00:47:

I can receive sms notifications but cannot send updates via sms

It seems to have started happening last night. I noticed that any tweets that I've sent via sms since possibly 12:00am this morning have not been received by twitter. I am able to send and recieve messages (by send an sms to my email address.)

Mark Seymour started following the problem "I'm using 21212 and I can send, but not receive, messages from Twitter!" in Twitter.

Mark Seymour reported a problem in Twitter on October 15, 2008 15:35:

Sock-puppet-like twitter spam accounts appeared within the last several hours

gilberte24, joeannyxsz, caterinamx, fernoyprre, valenciakb appear to be spam accounts. They only have one tweet each, and they are in a very similar format. Something like what a virus might send through Messenger. For instance, from gilberte24's only tweet: "What's up! Check me out! I loaded alot more vids [url snipped]"

Mark Seymour started following the question "No "Post It" On Upload Page" in TwitPic.

Mark Seymour asked a question in Twitter on August 19, 2008 04:17:

How can I find out when I first created my account, or my first tweet?

I am curious as to when I first created my account, since Twitter doesn't report it at all in the interface. I tried older, but that is still broken.