So I've spent the last day wrestling to understand the since_id and max_id calls in Twitter. If you are having troubles with this like I am, here's what you need to know - the results will always be in DESC order.

Example:

Tweets with ID: 0-99.

max_id=50, count=5 => tweets.id:49-45

since_id=50, count=5 => tweets.id:99-95

So what is the point of since_id ???

since_id=50, count=55 => tweets.id:99-50