full disclosure: scraping fleets from public accounts without triggering the read notification

the endpoint is: https://api.twitter.com/fleets/v1/user_fleets?user_id=
doing this or viewing the actual fleet via "media_url_https" does not trigger the read notification.

there is a separate endpoint "/fleets/v1/mark_read" for marking things as read, but it appears to be optional :^)
(instagram does this in a smart way and will only let you prefetch two images without marking one as read before locking you out)
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hi @jack hi @dotMudge
to anyone still confused by what a "fleet" is and what the implications of this are.

they're supposed to self-destruct after 24h. this lets you archive them without the other person even knowing you've viewed it.
actually you don't even need to be logged in
i have also just confirmed that the media URLs don't expire after 24h, so you can view fleets after they're deleted
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