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magslhalliday replied on November 16, 2008 13:01 to the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

Agreed - keeping us informed, even if it is only "we're still working on it" would be useful and reduce my feeling of being left in a void.

A comment on the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

It's somewhat comforting to hear that you're still working on this. What I'd love to see is some sort of semi-regular status updates. I'm not asking for a weekly report or anything, a sentence or two at the end of blog-posts to let us know, even roughly, how things are coming along... – shinmai, on October 03, 2008 22:47

A comment on the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

I'm sorry you're disappointed but I'm hopeful that the eventual results will be worth waiting for :) – crystal, on October 03, 2008 20:51

crystal replied on October 03, 2008 20:49 to the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

Thanks for your feedback. It may seem like we're not doing anything, but we are actively working on this project.

Not everyone is aware of this, but getting international numbers in place and ready for use is no small project. It takes time to get new numbers for international use set up in other countries. There are many steps that have to be taken by many different entities to get the proper international permissions to obtain phone numbers. Following that, multiple entities must then build the infrastructure with which to support the numbers. Carriers in every country are different and there are numerous small projects within the larger project. All of this means it takes awhile to get everything in place. In this case, the time it's taking is the bad news.

The good news is, we should have local numbers ready very soon. We're also in the process of bringing our India short code up to speed as well. We're working on getting international numbers to you guys as soon as possible, and have been on task since the initial announcement was made. Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

shinmai replied on October 03, 2008 19:58 to the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

Are there no news on this matter? You said you'd be negotiating deals with local operators, yet nothing has been announced, and equally little has happened. Was the announcement made to silence people from smaller countries, while "the big boys" (germany, australia, india, UK etc) actually get service?

It would be better to just come out and announce that you're cutting the service down on low-costeffective areas, rather than feed us a cock-and-bull story that'll never actually fan out to anything more than empty promises..

Thomas replied on September 10, 2008 05:11 to the question "When will oauth be back?" in Twitter:

Always check the dev forum for this stuff. here's the official word.

A comment on the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

Yeah, I second the password concern - if oauth would be back, then this would be a non-issue. ;)
http://getsatisfaction.com/twitter/to... – till, on September 09, 2008 11:57

till replied on September 09, 2008 11:52 to the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

Sorry to be negative, but this was one of the useful features left.

I mean, I see the costs and I'm kinda amazed that you guys did not cover this before. I honestly have a hard time believing you couldn't do a better job negotiating deals with local carriers.

Also, a 1,000 USD for 12,000 messages/user/year - shouldn't that be way more affordable? That's over 8cent/message?! Did you guys get ripped off? Even premium direct termination is cheaper at that volume.

Costs in the U.S. should be next to zero (txt can be faked via email), and I think the same applies to Canada. Many other companies make use of those services.

And a couple providers in Europe offer similar services (email to txt) to users. You might have to do more research though and/or educated your users on how to enable it for them (problem solved?). Also lots of people over here have "free" email on their phone while all other data is pretty pricey. Maybe you guys could start offering more export formats - such as, recently updated (= useful) feeds, maybe email notification etc..

Also, you might want to optimize the entire thing anyway. Sometimes you did send two messages when one was enough - just because e.g. you added a "Twitter-footer" to the message etc.. This sort of optimization could probably really save you guys money. ;)

If your API was less of a under construction thing, people could probably build apps on it to help other users. But, nah... ;)

till asked a question in Twitter on September 09, 2008 11:34:

When will oauth be back?

Oauth was briefly enabled a pretty long while ago, since then the "official" stance has been "soon". Can anyone tell us how soon?

A comment on the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

Haha... you demand 24 hour notice from a free service? Get real. – till, on September 09, 2008 11:29

A comment on the discussion "Changes for SMS users: the good news and the bad" in Twitter:

@Jack, can you please go a little into detail here? You guys like to be vague by using phrases like "soon" and "working on". Kinda like, "We're working to restore IM services to all users. Thanks for your patience!" - err.... yeah, only been there for six months. – till, on September 09, 2008 11:26

A comment on the question "Closed Beta: When will Twitter integration become available?" in Plazes:

IMHO a past activity shouldn't end up on twitter NOW. Twitter is about what you are doing, not what you did the day before yesterday. – till, on July 17, 2008 01:11

A comment on the question "Closed Beta: When will Twitter integration become available?" in Plazes:

This hasn't changed yet, right? It would be nice if I could customize the tweet. A while ago, Plazes had Skype integration (for the mood message) and it completely allowed the user to customiye the tweet. Otherwise this twitter integration is not very useful in its current state. – till, on July 17, 2008 00:45

till replied on July 17, 2008 00:42 to the question "What is the Plazer and why should I install it?" in Plazes:

To answer myself:
http://plazes.com/manage/plazes_exten...

You guys could add a little link "downloads", or similar.

till replied on July 17, 2008 00:39 to the question "What is the Plazer and why should I install it?" in Plazes:

Sweet, but where is the download link? Since the redesign I can't find it anymore!

Garoga replied on May 15, 2008 15:26 to the problem "don't receive sms updates on my phone anymore, why ?" in Twitter:

ok, ill do it. thanks.

A comment on the problem "don't receive sms updates on my phone anymore, why ?" in Twitter:

I suggest you log an issue directly with Twitter support at http://twitter.com/help and provide as much info as you can, including your country, your phone carrier, whether or not this is a recent problem or if you've never received an sms notification on your phone before... and so on. – mdy, on May 15, 2008 15:23

Garoga replied on May 15, 2008 15:01 to the problem "don't receive sms updates on my phone anymore, why ?" in Twitter:

Nop, I don't.

A comment on the problem "don't receive sms updates on my phone anymore, why ?" in Twitter:

When you send ON or HELP or STATS via sms to Twitter, do you get a response back? – mdy, on May 15, 2008 07:29

Garoga replied on May 15, 2008 03:25 to the problem "don't receive sms updates on my phone anymore, why ?" in Twitter:

I have the same problem ._.
I can send updates, and they show on twitter ok but I cannot recieve notifications.

I've tried sending ON and checking my settings to be on and all.. but nope, it still not working