John:
Twitter's rate limits for reading information are on a "per-user, per-application" basis. I'll include the details for reference below my signature, but the bottom line is that I wouldn't expect your cell phone to be the culprit. (Unless your cell phone were running NodeXL, that is.)
I'm surprised that no one has answered my question yet at http://dev.twitter.com/discussions/18999. I thought the question was an obvious one, with an answer that some Twitter developer must know. I certainly hope the answer isn't "we never thought of that."
-- Tony
From https://dev.twitter.com/docs/rate-limiting/1.1:
Rate limits on "reads" from the system are defined on a per user and per application basis, while rate limits on writes into the system are defined solely at the user level. In other words, for reading rate limits consider the following scenario:
If user A launches application Z, and app Z makes 10 calls to user A’s mention timeline in a 15 minute window, then app Z has 5 calls left to make for that window
Then user A launches application X, and app X calls user A’s mention timeline 3 times, then app X has 12 calls left for that window
The remaining value of calls on application X is isolated from application Z’s, despite the same user A
Twitter's rate limits for reading information are on a "per-user, per-application" basis. I'll include the details for reference below my signature, but the bottom line is that I wouldn't expect your cell phone to be the culprit. (Unless your cell phone were running NodeXL, that is.)
I'm surprised that no one has answered my question yet at http://dev.twitter.com/discussions/18999. I thought the question was an obvious one, with an answer that some Twitter developer must know. I certainly hope the answer isn't "we never thought of that."
-- Tony
From https://dev.twitter.com/docs/rate-limiting/1.1:
Rate limits on "reads" from the system are defined on a per user and per application basis, while rate limits on writes into the system are defined solely at the user level. In other words, for reading rate limits consider the following scenario:
If user A launches application Z, and app Z makes 10 calls to user A’s mention timeline in a 15 minute window, then app Z has 5 calls left to make for that window
Then user A launches application X, and app X calls user A’s mention timeline 3 times, then app X has 12 calls left for that window
The remaining value of calls on application X is isolated from application Z’s, despite the same user A
