Meiklejohnian absolutist. free speech as in free-for-everyone.
mutuals: 
full disclosure: scraping fleets from public accounts without triggering the read notification the endpoint is: https://api.twitter.com/fleets/v1/user_fleets?user_id= …
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doing this or viewing the actual fleet via "media_url_https" does not trigger the read notification. there is a separate endpoint "/fleets/v1/mark_read" for marking things as read, but it appears to be optional :^)
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(instagram does this in a smart way and will only let you prefetch two images without marking one as read before locking you out)
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to anyone still confused by what a "fleet" is and what the implications of this are. they're supposed to self-destruct after 24h. this lets you archive them without the other person even knowing you've viewed it.
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i have also just confirmed that the media URLs don't expire after 24h, so you can view fleets after they're deleted
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Source code for my WIP scraper: https://www.hastebin.net/yjyhecoceg.rs I took down the public instance since you need to be logged in to fetch a list of fleets for a user now. It still doesn't mark them as read.
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I'm not going to continue working on it, I've proven my point already. Don't market your new feature on a higher expectation of privacy, if you can't deliver it.
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Last time I checked it's not the case? Instagram also sends an api to mark it as seen
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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