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> Without the limit, this information is worthless.

Not true. Say you have a malicious Twitter client app that posts "Lose Weight In 30 days! <link>." Normally, Twitter could shut this offending app down by rejecting their client ID/secret; if they're using the official Twitter creds though, doing so would shut down all official Twitter apps in the process.




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