November 27, 2008 96 Comments

Dear Twitter- I’ll Give Back SO Much Space

twitter Dear Twitter: I have over 15,500 direct messages just sitting there. They’re there because you didn’t make it all that easy to delete more than one at a time, with a refresh/redraw every time. If you’d make an easy way to dump even a page at a time, I’d give you back SO much space. I imagine there are others like me.

Listen: I know disk is cheap, and I respect that. But we’re heading into a recession. Help a brother out, would you? Let me delete 15,500 direct messages.

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  • http://wizzardsblog.wordpress.com Richard

    Wow that puts my 159 direct messages into perspective.I agree it would be a great idea to put such an option in.

  • http://www.website-marketing.ch filsa

    Delete them but stop talking about the recession.

  • http://www.website-marketing.ch filsa

    Delete them but stop talking about the recession.

  • http://www.website-marketing.ch Philipp Sauber

    Delete them but stop talking about the recession.

  • http://searchcorner.blogspot.com/ krishna@searchcorner

    Yes i agree with you chris lack of trashcan is something twitter needs to look into.

    And i do agree @mari an option to choose 10, 20, 30, or 50 (or whatever) tweets per page! is also something Twitter need to look into

    http://twitter.com/krishnat

  • http://searchcorner.blogspot.com/ krishna@searchcorner

    Yes i agree with you chris lack of trashcan is something twitter needs to look into.

    And i do agree @mari an option to choose 10, 20, 30, or 50 (or whatever) tweets per page! is also something Twitter need to look into

    http://twitter.com/krishnat

  • http://searchcorner.blogspot.com/ krishna@searchcorner

    Yes i agree with you chris lack of trashcan is something twitter needs to look into.

    And i do agree @mari an option to choose 10, 20, 30, or 50 (or whatever) tweets per page! is also something Twitter need to look into

    http://twitter.com/krishnat

  • Guest

    I agree with Rob. The delete twit needs fixed. Id like to see groups without the need for tweetdeck.

    http://www.twitter.com/dunkjmcd

  • Guest

    I agree with Rob. The delete twit needs fixed. Id like to see groups without the need for tweetdeck.

    http://www.twitter.com/dunkjmcd

  • http://www.twitter.com/dunkjmcd Dunk

    I agree with Rob. The delete twit needs fixed. Id like to see groups without the need for tweetdeck.

    http://www.twitter.com/dunkjmcd

  • http://www.shokk.com/blog/ Ernie Oporto

    I agree with Phillip.
    Does it cost more for a disk spindle to spin while being 60% full or 1% full?

    The answer may surprise you. It’s the same damn thing!!

  • http://www.shokk.com/blog/ Ernie Oporto

    I agree with Phillip.
    Does it cost more for a disk spindle to spin while being 60% full or 1% full?

    The answer may surprise you. It’s the same damn thing!!

  • http://www.shokk.com/blog/ Ernie Oporto

    I agree with Phillip.
    Does it cost more for a disk spindle to spin while being 60% full or 1% full?

    The answer may surprise you. It’s the same damn thing!!

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  • http://www.iammikesmith.com Mike Smith

    I thought I was the only one wondering why they didn’t have this option. Thanks for posting this Chris. Hopefully something gets done about it :)

  • http://www.iammikesmith.com Mike Smith

    I thought I was the only one wondering why they didn’t have this option. Thanks for posting this Chris. Hopefully something gets done about it :)

  • http://www.iammikesmith.com Mike Smith

    I thought I was the only one wondering why they didn’t have this option. Thanks for posting this Chris. Hopefully something gets done about it :)

  • http://paulvalach.org/wordpress Paul Valach

    Agreed… along with Favorites. I tend to use Favorites as a bookmark these days, to capture a tweet so that I can get a URL when no on my machine. Once I get to my computer, I bookmark and then delete…but often it is a few at a time or on a “hot topic” period not always done, and they stack up.

    Also what’s with the 2000 limit. Please, sometimes you find a few groups and things grow. Deleting 20 to make room for new ones is a royal pain, groups, sections all of this should be easier to do.

  • http://paulvalach.org/wordpress Paul Valach

    Agreed… along with Favorites. I tend to use Favorites as a bookmark these days, to capture a tweet so that I can get a URL when no on my machine. Once I get to my computer, I bookmark and then delete…but often it is a few at a time or on a “hot topic” period not always done, and they stack up.

    Also what’s with the 2000 limit. Please, sometimes you find a few groups and things grow. Deleting 20 to make room for new ones is a royal pain, groups, sections all of this should be easier to do.

  • http://paulvalach.org/wordpress Paul Valach

    Agreed… along with Favorites. I tend to use Favorites as a bookmark these days, to capture a tweet so that I can get a URL when no on my machine. Once I get to my computer, I bookmark and then delete…but often it is a few at a time or on a “hot topic” period not always done, and they stack up.

    Also what’s with the 2000 limit. Please, sometimes you find a few groups and things grow. Deleting 20 to make room for new ones is a royal pain, groups, sections all of this should be easier to do.

  • Scrabbler99

    Someone crafty will turn this to our advantage, and utilize this as a free backup storage medium, ala gmail.

  • Scrabbler99

    Someone crafty will turn this to our advantage, and utilize this as a free backup storage medium, ala gmail.

  • Scrabbler99

    Someone crafty will turn this to our advantage, and utilize this as a free backup storage medium, ala gmail.

  • http://www.datexmedia.wordpress.com Scott Mahler

    Wow, you are soooooo right. And how do you delet the @ messages once you’ve read them?

  • http://www.datexmedia.wordpress.com Scott Mahler

    Wow, you are soooooo right. And how do you delet the @ messages once you’ve read them?

  • http://www.datexmedia.wordpress.com Scott Mahler

    Wow, you are soooooo right. And how do you delet the @ messages once you’ve read them?

  • Carl

    I guess I fail to see the real problem here. I’ve never had to delete a single DM. Granted, I only have a couple of hundred, but I don’t need to delete any. They’re just “there,” and to me that’s the nature of the modern Internet: not needing to delete anything.

    I agree with those who have complained about the ever-vanishing trash can; I would like to see it around all of the time for those instances of typos or accidentally hitting enter instead of the space bar.

  • Carl

    I guess I fail to see the real problem here. I’ve never had to delete a single DM. Granted, I only have a couple of hundred, but I don’t need to delete any. They’re just “there,” and to me that’s the nature of the modern Internet: not needing to delete anything.

    I agree with those who have complained about the ever-vanishing trash can; I would like to see it around all of the time for those instances of typos or accidentally hitting enter instead of the space bar.

  • Carl

    I guess I fail to see the real problem here. I’ve never had to delete a single DM. Granted, I only have a couple of hundred, but I don’t need to delete any. They’re just “there,” and to me that’s the nature of the modern Internet: not needing to delete anything.

    I agree with those who have complained about the ever-vanishing trash can; I would like to see it around all of the time for those instances of typos or accidentally hitting enter instead of the space bar.

  • Carl

    I guess I fail to see the real problem here. I’ve never had to delete a single DM. Granted, I only have a couple of hundred, but I don’t need to delete any. They’re just “there,” and to me that’s the nature of the modern Internet: not needing to delete anything.

    I agree with those who have complained about the ever-vanishing trash can; I would like to see it around all of the time for those instances of typos or accidentally hitting enter instead of the shift key.

  • Carl

    I guess I fail to see the real problem here. I’ve never had to delete a single DM. Granted, I only have a couple of hundred, but I don’t need to delete any. They’re just “there,” and to me that’s the nature of the modern Internet: not needing to delete anything.

    I agree with those who have complained about the ever-vanishing trash can; I would like to see it around all of the time for those instances of typos or accidentally hitting enter instead of the shift key.

  • Carl

    I guess I fail to see the real problem here. I’ve never had to delete a single DM. Granted, I only have a couple of hundred, but I don’t need to delete any. They’re just “there,” and to me that’s the nature of the modern Internet: not needing to delete anything.

    I agree with those who have complained about the ever-vanishing trash can; I would like to see it around all of the time for those instances of typos or accidentally hitting enter instead of the shift key.

  • http://geekmommy.net/ Lucretia Pruitt

    Now I feel like a really bad friend for not having previously directed you to @dacort’s amazing DM whacker.

    http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm-deleter/

    I can’t live w/o it. I’ve used it for awhile now. Every time my DMs get above 1k I use it. I mean, after all, I have the important ones archived in my GMail. :)

    Sorry I didn’t tell you sooner!!

    p.s. @dacort does the most useful scripts!! :)

  • http://geekmommy.net/ Lucretia Pruitt

    Now I feel like a really bad friend for not having previously directed you to @dacort’s amazing DM whacker.

    http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm-deleter/

    I can’t live w/o it. I’ve used it for awhile now. Every time my DMs get above 1k I use it. I mean, after all, I have the important ones archived in my GMail. :)

    Sorry I didn’t tell you sooner!!

    p.s. @dacort does the most useful scripts!! :)

  • http://geekmommy.net/ Lucretia Pruitt

    Now I feel like a really bad friend for not having previously directed you to @dacort’s amazing DM whacker.

    http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm-deleter/

    I can’t live w/o it. I’ve used it for awhile now. Every time my DMs get above 1k I use it. I mean, after all, I have the important ones archived in my GMail. :)

    Sorry I didn’t tell you sooner!!

    p.s. @dacort does the most useful scripts!! :)

  • http://dcortesi.com Damon Cortesi

    For those of you they may have tried to use my DM Deleter (http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm_deleter/), I just updated it today to make it compatible with some changes Twitter recently made.

    It’s a brute-force way of doing it, but it does allow you to clear out your DM’s at the expense of Twitter’s databases…

  • http://dcortesi.com Damon Cortesi

    For those of you they may have tried to use my DM Deleter (http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm_deleter/), I just updated it today to make it compatible with some changes Twitter recently made.

    It’s a brute-force way of doing it, but it does allow you to clear out your DM’s at the expense of Twitter’s databases…

  • http://dcortesi.com Damon Cortesi

    For those of you they may have tried to use my DM Deleter (http://dcortesi.com/tools/dm_deleter/), I just updated it today to make it compatible with some changes Twitter recently made.

    It’s a brute-force way of doing it, but it does allow you to clear out your DM’s at the expense of Twitter’s databases…

  • http://blogsthatmakemoney.net Jordan Pearce

    Cool while your at it please inform the Twitter peeps to get a handle on viewing mutual followers. People get all crazy over that. Thanks Chris. ;)

    http://twitter.com/jpearce01

  • http://blogsthatmakemoney.net Jordan Pearce

    Cool while your at it please inform the Twitter peeps to get a handle on viewing mutual followers. People get all crazy over that. Thanks Chris. ;)

    http://twitter.com/jpearce01

  • http://blogsthatmakemoney.net Jordan Pearce

    Cool while your at it please inform the Twitter peeps to get a handle on viewing mutual followers. People get all crazy over that. Thanks Chris. ;)

    http://twitter.com/jpearce01

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