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You can follow the primary OATP Twitter feed at [https://twitter.com/oatp @oatp].
=== You can follow the primary OATP Twitter feed at [https://twitter.com/oatp @oatp]. ===
* It's the most popular of the [[OATP_feeds | many formats]] of the primary OATP feed.
* It's the most popular of the [[OATP_feeds | many formats]] of the primary OATP feed.


Note that the Twitter feed is ''abridged''.  
=== Note that the Twitter feed is ''abridged''. ===
* It's abridged against our will. It's abridged because the native OATP output is in RSS, and all the RSS-to-Twitter tools we've been able to find truncate the feed.  
* It's abridged against our will. It's abridged because the native OATP output is in RSS, and all the RSS-to-Twitter tools we've been able to find truncate the feed.  
* Currently, we use [https://ifttt.com/ IFTTT], which limits the feed to 25 tweets per day. That's a higher cap than any other tool we've found, but we'd still like to remove the cap.
* Currently, we use [https://ifttt.com/ IFTTT], which limits the feed to 25 tweets per day. That's a higher cap than any other tool we've found, but we'd still like to remove the cap.
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* This is annoying. But it helps to remember that it's a side effect of success (success in covering OA comprehensively).
* This is annoying. But it helps to remember that it's a side effect of success (success in covering OA comprehensively).


We welcome your help in identifying or creating an RSS-to-Twitter tool that does not abridge the Twitter feed.
=== We welcome your help in identifying or creating an RSS-to-Twitter tool that does not abridge the Twitter feed. ===
* If you have any ideas on these lines, please [mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com contact Peter Suber].
* If you have any ideas on these lines, please [mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com contact Peter Suber].


Meantime consider one of the ''unabridged'' versions of the primary OATP feed.
=== Meantime consider one of the ''unabridged'' versions of the primary OATP feed. ===

Revision as of 14:00, 21 April 2020

You can follow the primary OATP Twitter feed at @oatp.

  • It's the most popular of the many formats of the primary OATP feed.

Note that the Twitter feed is abridged.

  • It's abridged against our will. It's abridged because the native OATP output is in RSS, and all the RSS-to-Twitter tools we've been able to find truncate the feed.
  • Currently, we use IFTTT, which limits the feed to 25 tweets per day. That's a higher cap than any other tool we've found, but we'd still like to remove the cap.
  • On most days, we tag fewer than 25 items, and the Twitter feed is complete. But on heavy days we exceed 25, and the Twitter feed is incomplete.
  • This is annoying. But it helps to remember that it's a side effect of success (success in covering OA comprehensively).

We welcome your help in identifying or creating an RSS-to-Twitter tool that does not abridge the Twitter feed.

Meantime consider one of the unabridged versions of the primary OATP feed.