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Show public tweets as instant messages by a buddy #52

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Client (Pidgin, finch, empathy, etc): Pidgin
Client Version: 2.7.11
LibPurple Version: 2.7.11
PrplTwtr Version: 0.8.0
Operating System: Linux

Problem/Feature request (Be as specific as possible. Steps to reproduce are
especially helpful):

Public tweets posted by people you are following and that you have in your 
buddy list should be handled like instant messages by that person and not 
appear in the home timeline.

The home timeline is a chat and you only see messages when you have the chat 
window open or when when you enable that the chat should automatically open. 
Having the window open all the time is annoying and a window that pops up while 
you are doing something else can be annoying too.

Having tweets as instant messages would make it much easier, in my option, 
because pidgin can notify you when someone posted a new tweet without having to 
open the buddy conversation immediately. You can open it whenever you want 
later, you can even ignore messages by some people for some time and react to 
certain more important people directly when you directly see who wrote sometime 
instead of just getting a notification that something new has been written in 
the home timeline chat.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by reb...@gmx.ch on 28 May 2011 at 5:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Interesting idea. Almost all tweets in your home timeline are from people you 
follow, but I suppose if you use your buddy list as a form of a "priority 
list", this might work.

OTOH, I think the main model of twitter is the same as a chat. At least 
personally, I view tweets the same way as I view IRC.

Right now, I don't think I can justify putting the work in (but if you want to 
submit patches, I'll be glad to review and incorporate them). Does anyone else 
who uses prpltwtr have any opinions?

Original comment by mikeage on 28 May 2011 at 6:10