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Re:Panning for Pangrams: The Search for the New Quick Brown Fox by TheRedBarron on Monday July 06, 2015 @11:32AM (#9839809)
Interesting. The issue I was getting was that it would like tweets that were "@MyFriendWhoHasAUserNameLikeZXCVBNMQWERTYU hey". Should I just strip it of the word "@____"?
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Re:Panning for Pangrams: The Search for the New Quick Brown Fox by yathern on Monday July 06, 2015 @11:41AM (#9839883)
That would absolutely be the way I'd suggest going about it.
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Re:Panning for Pangrams: The Search for the New Quick Brown Fox by TheRedBarron on Monday July 06, 2015 @11:50AM (#9839963)
Okay. Iteration is key! I'll update her maybe tonight. Thanks
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Re:Panning for Pangrams: The Search for the New Quick Brown Fox by abecedarius on Monday July 06, 2015 @11:42AM (#9839892)
I'd try stripping such words (and URLs) when they appear at the start or end of the tweet. If in the middle, removing seems likely to mess with the meaning.
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