Comments on: Chillax

By: Meryl Runion

Meryl Runion — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:17:28 +0000

Anyone know how long the lockout is?

By: Sharon Chase

Sharon Chase — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:05:44 +0000

Yes, I just got the same message, and although I did think it was funny for a second, I did NOT think it was funny when I DID “chillax” for a second and then went in to try again and still can’t get it. Agreed. More professional user info please, Twitter.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:58:28 +0000

I am of course referring to the “chillax” terminology, rather than their security practices :-)

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:57:41 +0000

This seems to be the “cool” thing for web 2.0 companies to do nowadays - it’s all a bit too informal IMO.

By: Mike Zornek

Mike Zornek — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:14:37 +0000

@Joe I agree locking out an account after bad password attempts is a good security practice. I am complaining that twitter and its clients don’t do a good job of explaining how this works from a user end. Most lock outs I’ve seen end with an action I can perform to unlock the account. Telling me to chillax for an unknown amount of time isn’t professional.

By: Joe McMahon

Joe McMahon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:51:30 +0000

This is actually Good Security Practice - this prevents hackers from figuring out that they actually did hit your password while trying to break in, so they abandon it and keep trying others.

By: Jonathan Wight

Jonathan Wight — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:28:12 +0000

Twitterrific seems to be the only desktop app that clobbers the twitter.com cookies, I’ve yet to see another app do that. Craig assures us it’ll be fixed… Not sure when though.

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:03:13 +0000

A friend has just released a beta dashboard twitter app. It uses the new OAuth method for Twitter, which means no need for username and password. http://airmailr.com/ Maybe that could help in your quest for chillaxing!