June 2010
1 post
Yet another way to deactivate your account....
A number of people have tried unsuccessfully to deactive their accounts. I am looking into why that is, but in the meantime, there is a foolproof way to get lastfmlovetweet out of your twitter stream. Simply remove its oauth access.
Click on the ‘settings’ link in your twitter account
Click on ‘connections’
Find the lastfmlove icon, and click on ‘revoke...
March 2010
2 posts
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New way to deactivate your account
As much as it breaks my heart, some users want to deactivate their account. I recommend you reconsider - I mean, if you deactivate your account, who is going to tweet your lastfm loved tracks for you???
After thinking it over for a while, if you still want to go through with it, here’s what you do: To deactivate your account, all you have to do it send a tweet to lastfm_love with the word...
OAuth has arrived!
At long last, lastfmlovetweet supports OAuth. What does that mean? That means we don’t need to store your password anymore, and that means that lastfmlovetweet just got more secure.
For new users, nothing to see here. If you didn’t enter your twitter password when you signed up, then you are already using OAuth.
For users who signed up the old way, you can re-sign up and you will...
April 2009
2 posts
New default tweet - Now with Amazon links!
As of this posting amazon links will be included in the default tweet format for new users!
The amazon links have been in test for a few weeks, and they seem to be working properly.
As always there are a number of ways to customize your tweet format described in the how to posts.
Peter
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New (easier) ways to customize your tweets!
I think one of the cool features of lastfmlovetweet is the ability to customize your tweet. Currently about 8% of users have custom tweets, and while I have always wanted it to be more, I chalked it up to complexity.
Well, no more excuses folks! I am happy to introduce 2 new ways to customize your tweets.
I. Choose your own tweet format
Here are a bunch of possible tweet formats for you to...
March 2009
2 posts
Amazon links update (still in beta, but works ok)
*** UPDATE - just to be clear, these links are available to all users to try. I am just keeping this in beta because it is still a little rough around the edges. The only thing I see changing at this point would be more links types added, and better accuracy in the results. ***
A few new links - Here is a list of all amazon links you can add to your tweet:
%amazon_album - link to the...
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Amazon links are here! (For testing)
I have implemented links to amazon album and track pages. This is currently a test period, so the only way to use them is to add them to your custom tweet format. Details on how to set a custom tweet format can be found here.
The only differences are that now there are 2 additional variables you can use:
%amazon_album - links to the mp3s for the album
%amazon_track - links to the mp3 for...
February 2009
4 posts
What about buy links?
As lastfmlovetweet has grown, I have been considering adding buy links to the end of the tweets. These links would point to the loved track’s album on Amazon.com and an affiliate account would be embedded into the link.
In thinking about the best way to go about this I have come up with a number of ideas that I would like to share and hopefully get some feedback on or generate some...
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Import your loved tracks into tumblr (or just...
*** UPDATE 3/27/09 After some experimentation, I am not happy with either a pipes solution or using a feed of twitter search results (described below). The best solution, I think, would be to use the tumblr API to generate the posts. That would allow me to include pictures, or other media to make the tumblr posts more than just tweets in tumblr. Any ideas are welcome, but this one may take some...
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Where are my tweets?
Every now and again, I get a tweet asking if lastfmlovetweet is working, or why don’t I see my loved tracks? Here are some things you can check:
1. Is lastfmlovetweet down? The easiest way to check is view the search results from twitter. They will show you the most recent lastfmlovetweets, and are usually updating every few minutes.
2. Are your loves tracks being recorded on lastfm? ...
Growing Pains
Over the last few weeks lastfmlovetweet has gone through some growing pains. Here is a summary of what happened, and what changed:
I. Uh Oh
I was on vacation with my family, and got home to find out that my web hosting provider decided I was abusing my account by running my little lastfmlovetweet ruby script every 10 minutes.
He had a point - let me explain: Each run of the lastfm_love ruby...
August 2008
2 posts
1 tag
Cusomize your tweet!!!
*** UPDATE 3/21/09 Added amazon variables ***
*** UPDATE 2/24/09 The @lastfm_love bot now treats @ and dm the same. You can update your tweet format by sending @lastfm_love just like you can with d lastfm_love. ***
Finally, you, my wonderful lastfmlovetweet user, can customize your tweet format to be whatever you like. The default format has caused some dissatisfaction, and in polling you all...
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Welcome to the LastFMLoveTweet blog!
This blog will serve several functions:
Announce new features - I have a few ideas…
Status notifications - I will tweet the major status issues, such as extended service outages, but here I will post minor updates as well.
Discussion - This blog has disqus comments enabled, so some discussion can occur here.
How Tos - As I add new features, I will NOT be making them accessible via...