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vicagredaMay 14th 2009 2:27PM

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I can see how this wouldn't scale. Imagine the database deep dive that has to occur when searching instances across ALL timelines vs. just searching those you follow.

Still, I don't see how keeping the last 20-50 @replies from people you *aren't* following as being *too* onerous. Who needs 5 days worth of @replies?

This is a rather extreme case, but @mrskutcher (Demi) wouldn't have spotted the woman who was about to kill herself had Twitter's new settings been in place at the time.

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