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codeforboston / CutePetsBoston

This is a twitter bot that posts a random adoptable pet from Petfinder.com.
https://twitter.com/CutePetsBoston
MIT License
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Open beechnut opened 10 years ago

beechnut commented 10 years ago

This is just an idea for discussion.

What if we used the Twitter API to update the bot's profile photo with the most recent pet? Every time we tweet, we also update the profile with the image being tweeted.

Thoughts?

beechnut commented 10 years ago

I proposed this because for some reason, that's what I expect from the bot. I don't know why, but I'm always just a little...surprised? that the profile isn't the last tweet to go out.

I realize that the whole brand presence is less consistent this way. However, I think the consistent name/handle is enough consistency - the random cute pet would be novel and hopefully eye-catching.