DISQUS

>In short, newcomers are susceptible to peer pressure.

Actually, I don't think it's peer pressure. When people comment on your photos, it's rewarding because it means people are paying attention and care about your content. So I think of it more as social reinforcement, not pressure. To test this interpretation, it would be interesting to look at other forms of reinforcement, for example view counts or favoriting (which Facebook doesn't have).

@Michael Bailey @Nikhil Narayanan You are both correct. If the user's score is already in the database and is less than 24 hours old, a request is never made to Twitter, so any password will work. If, however, the user's score is not in the database or the score is more than 24 hours old, then a request is made to Twitter, and you'll get an error if the password is incorrect. Or, at least that was the case until a couple of hours ago. The REST Twitter APIs were timing out, so I switched to using the Search API which doesn't require a password. The password is currently only used to post the score to the user's Twitter stream (if that option is selected).

Hi folks,

I'm the guy who made the beast known as Twitterank. Unfortunately, I was at work when rumors about this being a phishing operation started going around, and apparently did a bad job at damage control. What do I have to do to set the record straight?

Ryo

Awww... look at you tossing around phrases like "core competency" and "leverage their technology stack". I think you're officially a Silicon Valley type now.