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dandv reported a problem in Twitter on November 02, 2009 08:07:

Search and #replies are broken

Search is utterly broken: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=dandv returns only one tweet. My #replies / @dandv does not mention http://twitter.com/Dianatology/status...

dandv replied on July 07, 2009 01:33 to the discussion "How would you prefer to report Twitter spam?" in Twitter:

1. "Report spammer" in the Action drop-down
2. Please fix the API to allow DMs sent to @spam.
3. Please include a link to report a spammer directly in the e-mail that users receive when they are notified of a new follower. (details).

dandv reported a problem in Twitter on July 07, 2009 01:28:

API direct messages to @spam are rejected

Using the API, I can successfully direct message people who follow me. @spam follows me. I can direct message spam from the Web UI. But I cannot DM @spam.

Here's the command:

curl -u dandv:<password_here> -d "text=@MerleAyers356 is spamming. How about blocking users with only 1 update and hundreds of followers?&screen_name=spam" http://twitter.com/direct_messages/ne...

This is the reply:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hash>
<request>/direct_messages/new.xml</request>
<error>You cannot send messages to users who are not following you.</error>
</hash>

Please fix this, as it would make reporting spammers way easier.</password_here>

dandv replied on July 07, 2009 01:21 to the idea "spam Spam-Report + Hide Spammer" in Twitter:

Painfully obvious. Youtube has a "Report spam" link for every message. Twitter should also include that in the e-mail it sends to the user when someone new is following them.

Most spammers have obvious spammer names (e.g. MerleAyers356, joecitizen81994), only 1 update, and hundreds of followers, so it's obvious right from the e-mail that I want to ban and report them.

dandv started following the idea "spam Spam-Report + Hide Spammer" in Twitter.

dandv marked one of Orin Zebest's replies in Twitter as useful. Orin Zebest replied to the question "Line Breaks in Twitter???".

dandv replied on June 27, 2009 08:03 to the question "If the max is 140 characters, why can't Twitter show the whole line? Why cut off the last few characters with an ellipsis?" in Twitter:

Twitter, please just STOP truncating messages that fit in 140 characters, period.

Here's an example of 108-character tweet:
http://twitter.com/catalystmvc/status...

The end of the URL is replaced with an ellipsis, although there are 32 characters left. This makes copy-and-paste of the real Twitter status IMPOSSIBLE.

Gratuitous truncation is silly. Twitter is not silly. Please fix this dissonance.

A comment on the question "If the max is 140 characters, why can't Twitter show the whole line? Why cut off the last few characters with an ellipsis?" in Twitter:

What? The comment above is complete nonsense. The at sign (@) is one character (ASCII code 64). Same for the double quote (ASCII code 34). – dandv, on June 27, 2009 08:01

dandv replied on June 17, 2009 06:52 to the question "Why are some links redirected through tinyurl.com? Any way to disable that?" in Twitter:

Please leave URLs alone if they fit in the 140 characters of the tweet. This way, users will not be forced to do things like upside-down URLs (http://twitter.com/burke_eric/statuse...)

dandv replied on June 17, 2009 06:50 to the question "Why the mandatory tinyurls?" in Twitter:

Please leave URLs alone if the entire tweet fits in 140 characters. An excellent case for this is made at http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008...

dandv started following the question "Why the mandatory tinyurls?" in Twitter.