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“ASNE leaders have praised my live-tweeting of #asne12, but Twitter told me I had hit its rate limit: bit.ly/cTYpwq #whitelistbuttry
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“Apparently you’re only allowed to tweet 100 times in an hour. bit.ly/cTYpwq #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“.@jeffjarvis hit the same stupid limit when he was live-tweeting on the 9/11 anniversary. bit.ly/n0WPQw #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“I hear that @acarvin has been whitelisted (good for you, Andy). bit.ly/gfQJ5Q #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“Since I used #asne12, people following the hashtag or my liveblog still saw the tweets. wp.me/poqp6-22t #whitelistbuttry
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“I’ve blogged about Twitter’s crappy user experience & customer service: wp.me/poqp6-1Ee #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“But I’ve blogged more than 100 times about Twitter’s value to journalists: bit.ly/Hkbeaa #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“Would I be whitelisted if my updated Twitter tips 4 journos had been read 4K times? Check. wp.me/poqp6-1xd #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“Would I be whitelisted if my 2008 Twitter tips for journos had 3K views? Check. wp.me/poqp6-rE #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“Would I be whitelisted if my avatar proclaimed me “Mr. Twitter”? bit.ly/HgByRi #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“Would I be whitelisted if #DFnewscat said I am NOT ALLOWED TO STOP TWEETING? bit.ly/HTEDJs #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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“Would I be whitelisted if Poynter called me a “super tweeter”? bit.ly/HxKoYp #asne12 #whitelistbuttry
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FYI, I updated this on Storify, adding responses. Republishing updated Storify posts to my blog hasn’t worked well lately, so I’ll just link, if you want to read the updated version.
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