Update June 2013: This script no longer works and cannot be made to work easily. It uses basic password authentication, while Twitter now requires all write APIs to use token-exchange, which is far more complex to implement. This post is kept around for historical reasons only. No, I don’t know of another way to delete all of your old favorites. In fact, I’ve had a change of heart since writing this script – I no longer want to treat my old twitter favorites as a sort of “inbox” that needs emptying. They’re more like Facebook “Likes” – you wouldn’t go back and try and unlike everything you’ve ever liked, would you? My advice: Just leave them alone. They’re not hurting anything.
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I read Twitter primarily on the iPhone, and find tons of great links I want to read in a proper browser later on (I personally find reading most web sites on an iPhone to be more hassle than it’s worth). Perfect solution: Side-swipe an item in Tweetie and tap the star icon to mark it as a favorite. Later, visit the Favorites section at twitter.com to follow up.
Unfortunately, over the past couple of years I’ve favorited way more things than I’ll ever have time to read. As of now, I’ve got 1600 favorites waiting to be read. Ain’t never gonna happen. I declare Twitter Favorite bankruptcy! Needed a way to batch-unfavorite the whole collection, and twitter.com doesn’t provide a tool for that. Time to dive into the Twitter API. Read More →