Free microblogging webapp that lets users share "tweets" of up to 140 characters in length.
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What's the Twitter error “Your account may not be allowed to perform this action. Please refresh the page and try again.”
A) I get a very bizarre error sometimes, when I'm trying to submit a tweet:
Your account may not be allowed to perform this action. Please refresh the page and try again.
This is very ...
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Where can I search for existing archives of Twitter searches?
I know there are several Twitter archiving services, such as Twapperkeeper. That's the only one that I can find that has public archives of searches. However, it lacks the search I want, namely ...
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Twitter: how do I know which contact I follow tweets the most?
I am following 100+ contacts and I would like to know which one of them tweets most frequently (as in "Trends" on Google Reader).
Is there a way to discover this?
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How can I filter Twitter posts without links?
I was trying to search for Tweets via Twitter's search site: http://twitter.com/search
Well if you use a keyword called filter:links in your search text box you get all posts which have links. Its ...
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Is there a way to receive twitter group notices in identi.ca?
I'm evaluating identi.ca, and it looks very attractive. One extra nice feature would be the ability to subscribe to a twitter feed (what's the correct terminology), especially because twitter is ...
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TweetDeck still displays blocked users in tag search column results, how to fix?
Using the TweetDeck web interface at https://web.tweetdeck.com/
I have a column that displays the search results for #vmware. I have @thepingdoctor blocked for mindlessly spamming ads in Twitter ...
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Twitter etiquette for hashtag stream
When I participate in a hashtag stream on Twitter, is it best to start the tweets with the hashtag or end them with it?
Usually, if just making a regular tweet, I'll occasionally include a hashtag ...
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My reply to a tweet doesn't appear below the original tweet when it's expanded
I reply to somebody's tweets, (clicking the reply link below the original tweet), then when this tweet is expanded I see replies from other people who posted before and after me but not mine.
My ...
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Lost email for Twitter
I have to reset the password for my Twitter, however I can't remember what email I used for it, I have the login details but the new password has been sent to the email I used to sign up. Any help?
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Many services can syndicate blog posts to Facebook, Twitter, etc. Can any attach locations or people?
There are many services that syndicate blogs to social networks, ie automatically post links to new blog posts. TwitterFeed, dlvr.it, OnlyWire, and IFTTT are some of the best known.
I haven't found ...
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Sync Twitter tweets to my Facebook wall, but all in a single FB thread
I want to set it up so that all tweets from a single day get posted as replies to a single FB wall thread. So the first tweet of the day would start a new FB wall post, then all other tweets that day ...
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Display multiple Trending Topics at the same time
I want to display multiple Twitter trending topics at the same time. For example, I want to view Worldwide, Turkey and United States side by side in real time. Apparently, this is not possible on ...
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Obtain top results from Yahoo Pipes RSS for Twitter feed
How can I get Twitter feed to take the top results from my Yahoo Pipes RSS feed instead of the ones from the beginning?
I see an option like pubdate and guid in the twitter feed. Not quite sure what ...
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DST - Twitter and Facebook time difference by one hour for post before 13 Mar
This is simple enough question. I know daylight saving time but I am living in non-DST place but still confuse. I have a few posts, posted before 13 Mar via TweetDeck which post to twitter and ...
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Is there a way to bulk follow all usernames in a text list?
We've been collecting Twitter handles for contacts in our CRM systems for a while now. We're finally joining the 21st century and are deciding to start a Twitter account.
Is there a way (perhaps a ...
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How to search for a question mark in Twitter
I have been searching for an hour trying to figure out how to use the question mark in a search, basically I'm looking for the string ?tag (as in the Amazon Affiliates Tag Link) I'm basically trying ...
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How to get a reply to a Trademark Issue from Twitter Support?
I'd like to have a certain unused Twitter username. The name is one of the trade names of my company. I reported a Trademark Issue via Twitter's form three weeks ago, but nothing has happened since.
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How can I search within someone's Twitter followers?
I'm trying to find all users that describe themselves as a "professor" within their Twitter profiles, but only if they follow certain accounts.
I've looked at Tweet Reports but I believe this tool ...
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Twitter View Conversation
How do I get the "View Conversation" option to my tweets. I've seen https://twitter.com/DBZNappa and https://twitter.com/#!/StealthMountain/favorites do so with the @reply function, but my tweets only ...
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How to tag Twitter friends in Instagram?
I've recently begun using Instagram as my primary photo app, but I've been having trouble tagging Twitter friends when I hit "Share Photo" > "Twitter" from within the app.
By default, Instagram ...
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What websites can I use to sort my unlisted followers, into a new twitter list?
Does it exist online already, or do I have to make it myself?
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How to change twitter profile text color?
How can one change the text color for one's profile such as in the popup in twitter? The text being displayed includes a few items like name and web site link.
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How do I access a list of IP addresses that have been used to access my Twitter account?
My girlfriend discovered that her Twitter password had been changed.
We have changed the password, but is there a way to list the IP addresses that have been used to access the account?
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Twitter statistics that shows the client I use the most?
I have used TweetStats excellent statistics since the site launched. However, I find it less and less reliable and it can simply not work for weeks at a time.
I have found replacement apps and ...
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Twitter displays private message oddly in conversation box when there is a double quote in it
When I send a private message to a friend in twitter, the double quotes causes the message to display oddly:
I send:
foo"bar http://google.com
My friend receives (the message on Wheel icon > ...
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Selective Tweets Broken after twitter handle change
Like most of you I've enjoyed the benefits of selective tweets for quite some time now. Recently, I changed my twitter handle to reflect a more professional me. That is, I didn't want to lose my ...
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Tweet an image via webintents (or similar)
I'd like a button on my site that, when clicked, opens the 'new tweet' form for the current twitter user, pre-populated with specific text and an attached image. This would seem like a job for ...
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On Twitter, how can I find people most followed by the people that I follow?
Twitter recommends who you might want to follow and indicates a couple of people-that-I-follow that follow them. But no mention of how many others.
If you click on the recommendation you can get ...
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How do I diagnose (New)TweetDeck refusing to display specific updates in the Home column?
I'm trying to figure out why TweetDeck's Home column consistently fails to show me the updates of a single account I follow from one of mine. Various notes:
Yes, I'm sure. The problem account is the ...
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How can I find out who actually set up a Twitter Account that fraudulently used my daughter's email address?
I've notified Twitter, but they are not getting the message. The indirect, malicious rumors that are being spread are getting extreme and she doesn't want to go back to school tomorrow.
Does anyone ...
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In TweetDeck, is it possible to disable retweets in a list?
I've set up a Twitter List and when viewing the list directly on twitter.com, list member retweets are not shown. This is my expectation for a list.
However, when using Tweetdeck (either ...
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Twitter in Google calendar
I used twistory until the calendar stopped receiving updates, so I am looking for the correct way to import my tweets into Google calendar once again.
I tried Yahoo Pipes but it gives me the wrong ...
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Add a twitter list and block/hide all the users
I am new to twitter, and mainly use the website or echofon for mac. I thought about adding some lists about science (500 users), but I think that not all the people on the list are really important.
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Is it possible to implement micro-blogging for internal and private groups?
A head of one of departments in my company wishes to use micro-blogging platform to contact with the field managers. It will be used for recognition purposes e.g. Hey take a look what a great event ...
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I can't log into Twitter from my Laptop?
When I try and log into Twitter from my laptop it says this:
Server error
The server for https://twitter.com/ took too long to respond.
It may be overloaded.
Here are some ...
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Finding specific persons with criterias like age and country
I would like to find people from France which are more than 60 years old.
It's in order to offer them a little job : I need to collect their voice.
How could I get in contact with them?
I heard of ...
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Can't load my twitter
Every time I try to go to my twitter page out yells me wrong user name and or password, its not wrong.then I try to get a reset sent to phone and still does not work,I think I may have been hacked, ...
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Twitter: Is there a client that will only show tweeted messages that have been retweeted “n” number of times?
Is there a client that will only show tweeted messages that have been retweeted "n" number of times? I am trying to use twitter as a "news source" I'm wanting to follow reporters and others that I see ...
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Twitter “List” not showing all most recent tweets
I recently created my first list on Twitter to better keep track of my interests (web design, development, UX, etc.) but when I go to view this list, of all people I follow, the most recent Tweets are ...
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How to view how many people RT your particular tweet
Is there any way for me to:
Know how many people retweet any one of my tweets.
Know who has retweeted any one of my tweets by using twitter API.
I'm making sort of a contest where people need to ...
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How to see someone's picture in Twitter?
I am fairly new to Twitter and I am having no clue on how to see anybody's picture in Twitter.When I am seeing somebody's profile, I can see some of their pictures in my left side pane.But not all. ...
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How to automatically send the content to an email address while publishing a new Tweet?
How to automatically send the content to an email address while publishing a new Tweet? I.e. i want to publish a new Tweet just as normally, but at the (near) same time, i'd like the Tweet content to ...
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Does someone who is blocked still get notified if I favorite their tweet?
I blocked someone on Twitter but I viewed their profile and accidentally "favorited" one of their tweets but then immediately "unfavorited" it. Do they still get notified that I "favorited" them or ...
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how to get Tweetbox without using deprecated @Anywhere
I want to include a Twitter Tweetbox on my site so users can post a Tweet from my site. I want to see a textarea with a 'Tweet' button, and the textarea should be prepopulated with some suggested ...
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Search tweets by location and show them in a map
How can one search for tweets around some location, so that tweets are marked in a map?
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Is it possible to retrieve tweets older than 9 days via JSON?
This answer made me wonder if there is a way to retrieve tweets older than 9 days. Maybe another parameter allows it or is there another page with the raw data? There used to be an XML timeline, but ...
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Has the user timeline XML address changed on Twitter?
Twitter used to have a page for displaying the tweets of a user in this address:
https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/USERNAME.xml
Has it changed to another address? Or there simply isn't a ...
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I want to unfollow a blog, I succeed but something else happened
Like what I wrote above, I succeed to unfollow a blog, but then when I saw the following list of the blog, my Twitter account appeared on it, and it still has. So my question is, how to unfollow a ...
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Create a Twitter list out of all the followers of another person's Twitter account
The first idea was to use ifttt.com, but ifttt.com only allows notifications for new followers for your own account.
Is there another service, that would notify me (by sending an email), when the ...
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Create a Twitter profile icon that changes daily like a countdown
How can I set up my Twitter avatar icon to show a countdown image? I mean, the Twitter icon is generally static, but it could be fun if it changed daily, like counting down automatically.
I can't ...
