diff --git a/social/twitter/27-twitter.html b/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
index 57ea833b3..eee02c4f1 100644
--- a/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
+++ b/social/twitter/27-twitter.html
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
         <label for="node-input-name"><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> <span data-i18n="node-red:common.label.name"></span></label>
         <input type="text" id="node-input-name" data-i18n="[placeholder]node-red:common.label.name">
     </div>
+    <div class="form-row">
+        <label for="node-input-pollInterval"><i class="fa fa-clock"></i> <span  data-i18n="twitter.label.pollInterval"></span></label>
+        <input type="text" id="node-input-pollInterval" data-i18n="[placeholder]twitter.placeholder.pollInterval">
+    </div>
     <div class="form-tips"><span data-i18n="[html]twitter.tip"></span></div>
 </script>
 
@@ -108,7 +112,8 @@
             tags: {value:""},
             user: {value:"false",required:true},
             name: {value:""},
-            inputs: {value:0}
+            inputs: {value:0},
+            pollInterval: {value:60000}
         },
         inputs: 0,
         outputs: 1,
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@
             var userph = this._("twitter.placeholder.user");
             var forlabel = this._("twitter.label.for");
             var forph = this._("twitter.placeholder.for");
+            var pollInterval = this._("twitter.placeholder.pollInterval")
             $("#node-input-user").change(function() {
                 var type = $("#node-input-user option:selected").val();
                 if (type == "user") {
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@
             $("#node-input-user").change();
         },
         oneditsave: function() {
-            if ($('#node-input-tags').val() === '' && $("#node-input-user option:selected").val() === 'false') {
+            if ($('#node-input-tags').val() === ''/* && $("#node-input-user option:selected").val() === 'false'*/) {
                 this.inputs = 1;
             }
             else {
diff --git a/social/twitter/27-twitter.js b/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
index ac037bee8..caa9953af 100644
--- a/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
+++ b/social/twitter/27-twitter.js
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         this.twitterConfig = RED.nodes.getNode(this.twitter);
         this.poll_ids = [];
         this.timeout_ids = [];
+        this.pollInterval=n.pollInterval || 60000;
 
         var credentials = RED.nodes.getCredentials(this.twitter);
         this.status({});
@@ -177,17 +178,60 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             var node = this;
             if (this.user === "true") {
                 // Poll User Home Timeline 1/min
-                this.poll(60000,"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/home_timeline.json");
+                this.poll(node.pollInterval,"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/home_timeline.json");
             } else if (this.user === "user") {
-                var users = node.tags.split(/\s*,\s*/).filter(v=>!!v);
+                var tags= node.tags || "";
+                var users = tags.split(/\s*,\s*/).filter(v=>!!v);
+                /* // Block no longer reqd as accepts msg.payload
                 if (users.length === 0) {
                     node.error(RED._("twitter.warn.nousers"));
                     return;
                 }
+                */
+
+                
                 // Poll User timeline
+                node.lastMessageTS = new Date();
+                node.status({fill:"green",shape:"ring",text:"Initializing"});
                 users.forEach(function(user) {
-                    node.poll(60000,"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json",{screen_name: user});
+                    node.poll(node.pollInterval,"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json",{screen_name: user});
                 })
+
+                node.on("input", function(msg) { // sticky polling - identifies already tracked handles vs add/remove handles
+                    var payloadtags=msg.payload.split(/\s*,\s*/).filter(v=>!!v);
+                    var screennames=node.poll_ids.map(p=>p.asset.opts.screen_name);
+                    var newusers=payloadtags.filter(x=>!screennames.includes(x));
+                    var removeusers=screennames.filter(x=>!payloadtags.includes(x));
+                    newusers.forEach(function(user) { //start tracking new users in msg.payload
+                            node.warn("Twitter-In: New Handle: "+user)
+                            node.status({fill:"green",shape:"ring",text:"Adding handles"});
+                            node.lastMessageTS = new Date();
+                            node.poll(node.pollInterval,"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/user_timeline.json",{screen_name: user});
+                        });
+                    removeusers.forEach(function(user) { // remove any tracked users missing from msg.payload
+                        node.poll_ids.forEach((p,i)=>{
+                            if(user===p.asset.opts.screen_name){
+                                node.status({fill:"green",shape:"ring",text:"Removing handles"});
+                                node.lastMessageTS = new Date();
+                                node.warn("Twitter-In: Delete Handle: "+p.asset.opts.screen_name);
+                                clearInterval(p.interval);
+                                node.poll_ids.splice(i,1);
+                            }                                
+                        })
+                    });
+                });
+
+                function checklastMessageTS() {
+                    if(node.lastMessageTS != null){
+                        var timeDiff = new Date() - node.lastMessageTS;
+                        if(timeDiff > 5000){
+                            node.status({fill:"yellow",shape:"ring",text:"Idle @ "+node.lastMessageTS.toLocaleTimeString()});
+                            node.lastMessageTS=null;
+                        } 
+                    }   
+                }
+                  
+                node.interval = setInterval(checklastMessageTS, 1000);
             } else if (this.user === "dm") {
                 node.pollDirectMessages();
             } else if (this.user === "event") {
@@ -266,7 +310,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                             node.log(RED._("twitter.status.using-geo",{location:node.tags.toString()}));
                         }
                     }
-
+                    
                     // all public tweets
                     if (this.user === "false") {
                         node.on("input", function(msg) {
@@ -312,8 +356,11 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 catch (err) {
                     node.error(err);
                 }
+
+
             }
             this.on('close', function() {
+                clearInterval(node.interval);
                 if (this.tout) { clearTimeout(this.tout); }
                 if (this.tout2) { clearTimeout(this.tout2); }
                 if (this.stream) {
@@ -328,7 +375,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                 }
                 if (this.poll_ids) {
                     for (var i=0; i<this.poll_ids.length; i++) {
-                        clearInterval(this.poll_ids[i]);
+                        clearInterval(this.poll_ids[i].interval);
                     }
                 }
             });
@@ -342,7 +389,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
     TwitterInNode.prototype.poll = function(interval, url, opts) {
         var node = this;
         var opts = opts || {};
-        var pollId;
+        var pollId={};
         opts.count = 1;
         this.twitterConfig.get(url,opts).then(function(result) {
             if (result.status === 429) {
@@ -359,12 +406,15 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             if (res.length > 0) {
                 since = res[0].id_str;
             }
-            pollId = setInterval(function() {
+            pollId.asset={url:url,opts:opts};
+            pollId.interval = setInterval(function() {
+                node.lastMessageTS = new Date();
+                node.status({fill:"blue",shape:"ring",text:"Polling"});
                 opts.since_id = since;
                 node.twitterConfig.get(url,opts).then(function(result) {
                     if (result.status === 429) {
                         node.warn("Rate limit hit. Waiting "+Math.floor(result.rateLimitTimeout/1000)+" seconds to try again");
-                        clearInterval(pollId);
+                        clearInterval(pollId.interval);
                         node.timeout_ids.push(setTimeout(function() {
                             node.poll(interval,url,opts);
                         },result.rateLimitTimeout))
@@ -378,7 +428,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                             // 'since_id parameter is invalid' - reset it for next time
                             delete opts.since_id;
                         }
-                        clearInterval(pollId);
+                        clearInterval(pollId.interval);
                         node.timeout_ids.push(setTimeout(function() {
                             node.poll(interval,url,opts);
                         },interval))
@@ -409,7 +459,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     }
                 }).catch(function(err) {
                     node.error(err);
-                    clearInterval(pollId);
+                    clearInterval(pollId.interval);
                     node.timeout_ids.push(setTimeout(function() {
                         delete opts.since_id;
                         delete opts.count;
@@ -433,7 +483,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
         var node = this;
         var opts = {};
         var url = "https://api.twitter.com/1.1/direct_messages/events/list.json";
-        var pollId;
+        var pollId={};
         opts.count = 50;
         this.twitterConfig.get(url,opts).then(function(result) {
             if (result.status === 429) {
@@ -457,11 +507,12 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             if (messages.length > 0) {
                 since = messages[0].id;
             }
-            pollId = setInterval(function() {
+            pollId.asset={url:url,opts:opts};
+            pollId.interval = setInterval(function() {
                 node.twitterConfig.get(url,opts).then(function(result) {
                     if (result.status === 429) {
                         node.warn("Rate limit hit. Waiting "+Math.floor(result.rateLimitTimeout/1000)+" seconds to try again");
-                        clearInterval(pollId);
+                        clearInterval(pollId.interval);
                         node.timeout_ids.push(setTimeout(function() {
                             node.pollDirectMessages();
                         },result.rateLimitTimeout))
@@ -471,7 +522,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     var res = result.body;
                     if (res.errors) {
                         node.error(res.errors[0].message);
-                        clearInterval(pollId);
+                        clearInterval(pollId.interval);
                         node.timeout_ids.push(setTimeout(function() {
                             node.pollDirectMessages();
                         },interval))
@@ -532,7 +583,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     }
                 }).catch(function(err) {
                     node.error(err);
-                    clearInterval(pollId);
+                    clearInterval(pollId.interval);
                     node.timeout_ids.push(setTimeout(function() {
                         node.pollDirectMessages();
                     },interval))
diff --git a/social/twitter/locales/en-US/27-twitter.json b/social/twitter/locales/en-US/27-twitter.json
index 4282327da..739262a3e 100644
--- a/social/twitter/locales/en-US/27-twitter.json
+++ b/social/twitter/locales/en-US/27-twitter.json
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
             "copy-accessToken": "Create a new 'Access token & access token secret' and copy them",
             "access_key": "Access token",
             "access_secret": "Access token secret",
-            "enter-id": "Set your Twitter ID"
+            "enter-id": "Set your Twitter ID",
+            "pollInterval": "Poll Interval"
         },
         "placeholder": {
             "for": "comma-separated words, @ids, #tags",
-            "user": "comma-separated @twitter handles"
+            "user": "comma-separated @twitter handles",
+            "pollInterval": "Time in milliseconds, default 60000 (1 minute)"
         },
         "search": {
             "public": "all public tweets",