Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is Tweetsville?
  2. I deleted a tweet from my main timeline on the Twitter website, but it still shows in Tweetsville.
  3. Why can't I delete any direct messages?!
  4. I posted something, and later it disappeared in Tweetsville, but it shows on the Twitter site. Where did it go?
  5. Why isn't the design all black? All the cool kids are doing it!
Q: What is Tweetsville?
A: Tweetsville is an iPhone application for Twitter.
Q: I deleted a tweet from my main timeline on the Twitter website, but it still shows in Tweetsville.
A: In order to try to be nice to the Twitter servers, we only get new Tweets since the most recent one in the Timeline view on your device. If you deleted a message before that, it will unfortunately still show up until it eventually falls off the timeline. If you really want it to go away, you can clear your local cache in Settings. Just tap "Clear Cache" there.
Q: Why can't I delete any direct messages?!
A: Due to an omission in the Twitter API, it's impossible to delete direct messages you've sent. Until that is fixed (and we have filed a bug), you'll need to delete messages from the web site.
Q: I posted something, and later it disappeared in Tweetsville, but it shows on the Twitter site. Where did it go?
A: If it's showing on the web site, then it's most likely the Twitter API is sending us cached data instead of fresh data. Because we treat the feed from Twitter as the 'truth', we think your message/tweet was deleted and remove it. Once the API starts giving us fresh data though, it should show up again.
Q: Why isn't the design all black? All the cool kids are doing it!
A: One of the main goals for this application was that it fit into the native iPhone look and feel.