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Is any further information available about how the app works before I authorise it to act as me on Twitter (change my profile, post tweets etc...)

• aglionby 9y ago
  Twitter's API permission levels are really coarse grained [0]. I assume it needs write access in order to change the timeline, but some more detail from the author would be nice. [0] https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/overview/application-permission-model https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/basics/authentication/...
• giosch 9y ago
  I was baffled by the absurd permissions it requires too! I guess I'm never going to try what "a world without retweets" is...
  • oneeyedpigeon 9y ago
    Someone posted this [1] during a similar discussion yesterday. It shows you what a world without retweets is like without requiring anything beyond the minimal permissions required to do so. [1] https://readmeapp.stream/ https://readmeapp.stream/
  • maxehmookau 9y ago
    If you stop using Twitter, it becomes really obviously pretty much instantly.
• willcosgrove 9y ago
  Unfortunately, permissions are only configurable on a read only or read/write basis. Since this app changes settings, it has to have the read/write permissions. I don't save access tokens, so it reauthorizes every time you click enable/disable. I just posted the code on github for anyone who's interested. Here is the link to the code that messes with your twitter account: https://github.com/willcosgrove/retweet-rip/blob/master/app/jobs/retweet_setter_job.rb https://github.com/willcosgrove/retweet-rip/blob/master/app/...