The other night my wife took a much deserved night off while I hung back with my son. After feeding, burping, changing, and rocking him to sleep I hit the Web to check feeds, e-mail, status updates, and tweets. Ah, the tweet. A year ago I would’ve never thought of writing a post like this because I was vehemently opposed to Twitter. Now, I can see its value (zip it @Mantium_).
Anywho, I polished off my Instapaper list, cleared out my Gmail inbox, made a few moves in Chess with Friends, and headed to Twitter where I posted a handful of tweets. Not long after I submitted my fifth tweet my buddy sent me a DM telling me that I was “blowin’ up his TweetDeck.” Amused by his pain, I responded by telling him that I wouldn’t stop until he cried “uncle.”
For the next hour and a half I tweeted 122 times:
@y2kemo: I need to get all Mosquito Coast up in this place. #noAC
@y2kemo: The average American stays at a job for 2.3 years. #madeUpStats
@y2kemo: Gandolf shaved his beard for a good cause. #fyi
@y2kemo: I’ll probably catch a lot of S*** for my tweets tomorrow. #note2self
I tweeted over and again, but my buddy refused to cry “uncle.” However, I did manage to stir up a hornet’s nest of fury with some of my followers:
@MikeyHamilton: It is at this point that I regret getting @y2kemo ‘s tweets sent to my cell via sms text. #ThankGodForUnlimitedDataPlans
@chadrock811: @y2kemo seriously, only 12? Add 1.5 if I’m not in that number. Knock it off!!!
@KirkDunst: Maybe it’s just me but i think @y2kemo is grinding my gears right about now.
Not wanting to lose any more followers I decided I would cease all tweeting upon reaching #1,700 (having started at 1,626 tweets). But, when I reached the magic number I couldn’t help myself. I just kept going. 1,745…1,746…1,747…1,748
@y2kemo: I’m getting bored, anyone have suggestions? #fyi
Apparently Twitter had a suggestion because my next tweet generated this response:
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WTF? Twitter cut me off! A quick Google search and I discovered Twitter’s Current Twitter Limits which state:
- Direct Messages: 250 per day.
- API Requests: 150 per hour.
- Updates: 1,000 per day. The daily update limit is further broken down into smaller limits for semi-hourly intervals. Retweets are counted as updates.
Smack me in the junk and call me Peter. Twitter actually has a fail-safe in place to prevent people like me from causing:
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Oh well, you live and you learn. I did and I learned that you can’t post 122 tweets in 1.5 hours. And for my “reckless” tweeting I lost my tweet privileges for a few hours, forced 11 13 followers to unfollow me, and gained a whopping 17 spam followers. WEML!
A special shout out to @MikeyHamilton, @MissLyndseyN, @chadrock811, @KirkDunst, @ErinTDunst, and @jrMozart for putting up with my nonsense. And to my buddy who refused to cry “uncle,” suck it. As for the rest of you, if you want to participate in a mass rapid-fire tweet session let me know. Follow me on Twitter, leave a comment below, or send me an e-mail at TiTy@y2kemo.com.
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