That's actually longstanding API request: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1078&sort=-stars&colspec=ID%20Stars%20Type%20Status%20Priority%2

That's actually longstanding API request: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1078&sort=-stars&colspec=ID%20Stars%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Owner%20Summary%20Opened%20Modified%20Component http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/detail?id=1078&#... It's one I would benefit from for my app as well. One thing to do is to cache the user information locally so that when they're requested again, you don't have to make an API call. For your app, I would think spammy users wouldn't change profile details all that often.