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+# DEPRECATED
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+This repository has been unmaintained, is deprecated on npm, and should not be considered an authoritative source of anything. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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+Instead try the current [twitter-lite](https://github.com/Preposterous/twitter-lite) library.
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 # Twitter for Node.js
 
 An asynchronous client library for the Twitter [REST](https://dev.twitter.com/rest/public) and [Streaming](https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/overview) API's.