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Here's my 4 hr experiment into making a viral twitter app (flamewhale.com)
32 points by python_kiss 6182 days ago
7 comments
tlrobinson 6182 days ago
To check out the damage:

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=flamewhale

It's pretty amusing how seriously some people take this.

Also, it seems to hit the max API calls / tweets pretty quickly. Maybe you should make an army of Twitter accounts? Though Twitter may disapprove...

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tdavis 6182 days ago
@flamewhale fuck you retard... are you a 4chan member?

The irony is delicious!

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rwolf 6181 days ago
another way around the rate limits is to ask to be whitelisted (http://twitter.com/help/request_whitelisting).

twitter was even nice enough to whitelist my test account the last time I asked.

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sherb113 6182 days ago
Stupid, but I had a quick chuckle. You only get 1,000 tweets a day, so this wont be fun for long.
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whughes 6182 days ago
Disturbingly high percentage of spam/agenda-based targets for these flames. Am I missing something? Is this abuse, or is the signal-to-noise just that bad?
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randomwalker 6182 days ago
Perhaps you should use the Shakespearean insult generator. http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
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buugs 6182 days ago
I'm guessing it will be marked spam soon but interesting.
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nx 6182 days ago
Lasted about 2 hours.
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rokhayakebe 6182 days ago
Why not send secret tweets "@thenewggirlinmyoffice I think you hot"? It does not have to be rude.
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python_kiss 6182 days ago
I like that idea. It could also be words of wisdom or something in between. The framework is already there and I don't mind giving anyone this code. All that needs to be changed are the quotes and the domain name.
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hipsterelitist 6181 days ago
post it on github. i can see this being quite the fun distraction for many people.
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wizard_2 6181 days ago
I sent you an email =)
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