Tweepy.error.TweepError: sharing is not permissible for this status (Share validations failed)

goldminingtutor · 2014-08-20T08:06:36.000Z

What does this mean?

Here is a link to my apps code. http://dpaste.com/2P40JCS

andypiper · 2014-08-20T13:20:37.000Z

Are you trying to share a tweet from a protected / private account?

goldminingtutor · 2014-08-20T17:46:11.000Z

no I am checking to see if it is a protected account on line 18.