lib/streambot/retweet.rb in streambot-1.0.0 vs lib/streambot/retweet.rb in streambot-1.0.1

@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@
       @handler = StreamBot::OAuth.new(params['oauth'])
     end
 
     # retweets the status with given id
     def retweet(id)
-      LOG.info "retweet status ##{id}"
-      @handler.post("/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json", nil)
+      # one thread per retweet, 
+      # cause it's much, much faster
+      Thread.new do 
+        LOG.info "retweet status ##{id}"
+        @handler.post("/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json", nil)
+      end
     end
   end
 end