Favstar.fm

Hey there, Favstar users!

A question that we occasionally get is how to set your Twitter Profile URL to your Favstar page. It’s a very simple process, and can be done from either your computer or from mobile apps.

First, get your Favstar URL. This is http://favstar.fm/users/YOUR_USERNAME_HERE. For example, if your username is @FrannyWalsh, your Favstar URL is http://favstar.fm/users/FrannyWalsh. Note the lack of the @ sign in the URL.

Now, you need to add it to your Twitter settings. Log in to your Twitter account, and go to https://twitter.com/settings/profile and add your Favstar URL to the Website field. Then click Save Changes.

While this is easiest to do from the Twitter website on the desktop, some mobile apps support editing your Twitter profile while on the go.

In Twitter for iPhone and Android, tap on Me, View Your Profile, Edit Profile, and add your Favstar URL to the url section.

It’s also possible to do this from some third-party apps. In Tweetbot for iPhone, tap and hold down on one of the two rightmost buttons at the bottom, and select the icon that looks like a person’s head and shoulders. This is your profile page. Then tap Edit on the top right, and the ability to add the URL should be here. This is also possible on Tweetbot for iPad from the Profile button on the left sidebar.

Not all mobile apps support editing your Twitter profile, but if they do, the URL should appear in similar locations. Note that changes to your profile from third-party apps may not show up right away. These instructions should hopefully clear this up for a lot of you.

If there’s anything else we can help explain, please let us know.

Stats now show how many trophies have been received, and how many Favstar Lists the user has been added to.  

These will be added for everyone over the next 24 hours.  They’ll be updated every 24 hours.  For users with bonus features, they’ll update hourly, along with your ‘Favs Received’ total.

Would anyone really mind if I shut the new and rising leaderboards down?

If you want to get off Favstar, you can easily ask.  You don’t need to make tweets like these.

Man.  Rough couple of days.  As if the server reorganising wasn’t challenging enough, my ‘new’ ISP decided to disconnect me for 12 hours without notice in the middle of it.  By tomorrow night, they’ll be my new old ISP.

The crawler’s back up, but probably moving a bit slower than it was.  It’s in a good place to be dramatically improved now though, once I get another chance to work on it next weekend.

One step backward, preparing for two forward. 

@Ian_Wright recently asked me for a 16x16 icon so he could link to his favstar profile from his ‘Good Intentions’ blog.

I uploaded an icon here if you’d like to save it and use it yourself:  http://favstar.fm/images/favstar16x16.png

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