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Re: Tracking number of users for an OAuth app

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Mar 9, 2010
SM
SM
It's a desktop app, not a web app. Is there an easy way to do this for
desktop apps? I would think Twitter could provide usage stats for
OAuth apps.

On Mar 9, 5:24 pm, Michael Steuer <mste### @gmail.com> wrote:
 Wouldn't you yourself know best how to calculate how many people are
 actively using your app?

 On 3/9/10 5:14 PM, "SM" <sanj### @gmail.com> wrote:



 > On the application detail page there is a stat that shows how
many
 > users your app has.

 > How is this stat calculated? Is it the number of authorized
tokens or
 > does it reflect some rolling count of accesses using an
authorized
 > token? Or some other calculation?

 > If someone uses my app once and then forgets about it, will that
 > person continue to be counted as a user since tokens never
expire?

 > I'm hoping it is a stat that actually tracks how many people are
 > actively using your app.

 > Thanks.


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Re: Tracking number of users for an OAuth app