Twitter - Help

[Cypress]

Can anyone take a minute and explain to me how Twitter works? I follow a few people and once in a while reply to a message sent out. I reply to the person who sent the tweet in the space for that. Their @xxxxxx appears. Than the tweet shows up on my home list and is than readable by me and anyone who follows me? Did the person I sent it to and everybody who subsribes to that twitter account get the message?

[ApatheticNoMore]

I think it's only readible by everyone who follows you if you put a . in front of the @xxxxxx, otherwise the person has to be following both you and the person you are talking to to see it (good gosh twitter is set theory).

I'm not sure when it's visible to the other person's followers, they have the option of retweeting it, I think it's visible without retweeting, I'm not sure.

[SteveinMN]

From the twitter FAQ (https://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics/topics/104-welcome-to-twitter-support/articles/13920-get-to-know-twitter-new-user-faq):


What are @replies? If a message begins with @username, meaning it was directed to another user, it is an @reply (https://support.twitter.com/articles/14023-what-are-replies-and-mentions). Click the Reply button on another person's Tweet to reply to it. Please note that if your Tweets are protected, users who are not following you will not see your @replies or mentions. Read more here. (https://support.twitter.com/articles/14023-what-are-replies-and-mentions)

What are direct messages? Direct messages (https://support.twitter.com/articles/14606-how-to-post-and-delete-direct-messages-dms) are personal messages sent from one Twitter account to another; they do not appear in public for anyone else to read. You can only send a direct message to a person who follows you. Read more here. (https://support.twitter.com/articles/14606-how-to-post-and-delete-direct-messages-dms)
What is the difference between an @reply and a direct message? An @reply (https://support.twitter.com/articles/14023-what-are-replies-and-mentions) is a public message sent regardless of follow-ship. Anyone can view it (if your Tweets are public). A direct message (https://support.twitter.com/articles/14606-what-is-a-direct-message-dm) can only be sent by someone you follow, and can only be seen by the sender and intended recipient.


There's even more here (https://support.twitter.com/articles/119138-types-of-tweets-and-where-they-appear#) at this twitter site.