diff -r 7edd686a2b2a -r 1001234e5e6e src/js/widgets/tweetsWidget.js
--- a/src/js/widgets/tweetsWidget.js	Fri Nov 18 16:35:31 2011 +0100
+++ b/src/js/widgets/tweetsWidget.js	Fri Nov 18 17:45:45 2011 +0100
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   this.drawTweet(annotation);
 
   var time = this._Popcorn.currentTime();  
-  this._timeoutId = window.setTimeout(IriSP.wrap(this, this.clearPanel), 10000);
+  this._timeoutId = window.setTimeout(IriSP.wrap(this, this.clearPanel), IriSP.widgetsDefaults.TweetsWidget.tweet_display_period);
 };