How to fix TweetAdder’s error – Error: Could not authenticate you.”,”request”:”\/1\/friendships\/create.json

How to fix TweetAdder’s error – Error: Could not authenticate
you.”,”request”:”\/1\/friendships\/create.json
The following tutorial was taken from this link:
http://www.leighprice.com.au/2013/03/20/how-to-fix-tweetadders-error-error-could-notauthenticate-you-request1friendshipscreate-json/
The original article disappeared from existence and I had to track the author down and
ask them to repost it. Which they did! Yay! So I saved this article as a pdf just in case
that ever happens again.
TweetAdder is an effective and inexpensive way to generate traffic to your site and gain
Twitter followers – although I’d recommend using it very carefully. It’s a fine line
between spamming and adding value with tools like this. If you haven’t heard of it
before, it’s available for Mac and Windows, and automatically follows people on Twitter
based on keywords, location or recency. You can find out more about TweetAdder here.
This is an older how-to post I originally published on an old blog – I’m republishing it
here by request. The latest version of TweetAdder is great, but some older versions
may generate an error in the Activity panel reading Error: Could not authenticate
you.”,”request”:”\/1\/friendships\/create.json. Here’s how to fix it.
This error means that TweetAdder isn’t adding new people to your Twitter account
because it can’t log in for some unexplained reason! This error was driving me nuts, but
I worked out how to fix it. I couldn’t find this solution anywhere else on the net, so I
figured I may as well post it here to help anyone else.
Here’s the Windows solution – scroll down for the Mac solution.
Windows:
Step 1: Quit TweetAdder, then follow these steps:
If you’re using Windows 7 / Vista:
Start button > My Computer > C: > Users > (double click your username) > AppData >
Roaming > TweetAdder 3
If you can’t see the folders above, try this: Click Start button > Control Panel > Folder
Options > Check Show Hidden Folders and Files > Click Apply. Then try accessing the
folders above again.
If you’re using Windows XP:
Start button > My Computer > Documents and Settings > (double click your username)
> Application Data > TweetAdder 3
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\TweetAdder3
If you can’t see the folders above, try this: Click Start button > Control Panel > Folder
Options > Check Show Hidden Folders and Files > Click Apply. Then try accessing the
folders above again.
Step 2: Delete the file settings.ta3. Don’t worry, you won’t lose your TweetAdder search
settings or lists of Twitter profiles you’ve already followed. They’re stored separately in
other files in this folder. This file just contains your login details.
Step 3: Open TweetAdder again. If you have multiple licences on TweetAdder, you
might find some of your accounts are missing at first. If so, check
the Registration section of TweetAdder and re-enter your additional licence keys. You
can probably find these in your email as receipts from when you purchased additional
Tweet Adder licences. Once you’ve done this, TweetAdder will be back to normal.
Mac:
Step 1: Quit TweetAdder.
Step 2: Click the Finder icon in your dock.
Step 3: Click the Go menu in the toolbar at the top of your screen, then click Library. If
you can’t see the Library option, hold down the Option key to make it appear.
Step 4: Open the Preferences folder, then the TweetAdder3 (or similar) folder.
Step 5: Delete the settings.ta3 file. Don’t worry, you won’t lose your TweetAdder
search settings or lists of Twitter profiles you’ve already followed. They’re stored
separately in other files in this folder. This file just contains your login details.
Step 6: Open TweetAdder again. If you have multiple licences on TweetAdder, you
might find some of your accounts are missing at first. If so, check
the Registration section of TweetAdder and re-enter your additional licence keys. You
can probably find these in your email as receipts from when you purchased additional
Tweet Adder licences. Once you’ve done this, TweetAdder will be back to normal.
If this doesn’t work out for you, leave a comment below and either I or someone else
may be able to assist. In the meantime, check out TweetAdder if you haven’t already –
it’s a really cool piece of software, the latest version works a treat, and no longer has
this error!
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