article thumbnail

What Twitter’s Rate Limit Changes Mean to You

Janet Fouts

When an application like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck or a mobile Twitter app like Tweetbot checks your account on Twitter, it’s what is called an “API Call” This does NOT include the number of messages you send through these tools, only the number of times the tool hits the Twitter server to check for more.

Diagrams 138
article thumbnail

No Keyboard, No Problem: How An April Fools’ Day “Setback” Brought Marc Jacobs and Staples Together

Convince & Convert

The company humorously leveraged Storify to chronicle its #nokeyboardnoproblem experience. but Twitter has done a good job of creating a visual, mobile-friendly user-experience. Ultimately, @MarcJacobsIntl and its fan community succeeded in pleading to @Staples for help. Bonus points? Check it out here.

Storify 75