Wednesday, November 18, 2009

New Feature - Settings

If you're currently using TwitList's Craigslist application, you'd notice that Twitter alerts are being updated every 15 minutes. If you set up a Craigslist feed and that feed has 5 new additional items, that would mean you'll get 5 Twitter replies coming from TwitList. This really looks spammy to me. Additionally, it adds more strain to Twitter's servers and my API limit too.

So last night, I added a settings link to the Craigslist app. This settings link allows you to set the times of day you will be getting alerts from Twitter. Currently, you can choose 5 time slots to receive alerts for a certain feed. When the app sends you Twitter alert, it sends you a web page link that displays all the alerts for that feed. So basically, if the feed has new Craigslist items, you would get an alert from Twitter when that time you selected occurs on that day.

If you have been using the Craigslist app, now is the time to check it out and see if it works for you. I'll regularly update this blog with regards to this new feature. Also other users will not be able to see your list, but it may change soon. My plan is to allow the user to make their feeds private or public. Sharing is the key here :).

Let me know your thoughts!

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