• I completely understand that many responding to this question will be vehemently against such a thing, or cannot fathom a use for connecting your SQL Server to Twitter, but there are many out there who are already doing it and finding value in it. The two main uses I see are: 1) posting system status such that people can subscribe to it as opposed to sending out tons of emails to people who might just be auto-deleting them anyway, and 2) interacting more directly with the users of your application and not giving away any server specific info.

    Since introducing Twitter functionality (for free!) into my SQL# (http://www.SQLsharp.com/) CLR library two years ago now, I have gotten a large amount of downloads for the Twitter functions alone. The response has been much more positive than I had expected. I originally integrated the functionality as I simply thought it would be interesting but was not entirely sure of any real use-cases. However, the community responded rather favorably and people have been using it to do more than I could think up on my own. I certainly do not know all of the ways in which people are using the Twitter functions, but I can say that enough people are doing it to render it valid, even if some argue that it shouldn't be done even if it is possible.

    Take care,

    Solomon...

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