Twitter moves away from 140 characters, ditches confusing and restrictive rules

Re:Twitter moves away from 140 characters, ditches confusing... by fayimora on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @12:41PM (#11763031)

Wow I have been using Twitter since 08/09 and I never knew about the ".@" reply.

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Re:Twitter moves away from 140 characters, ditches confusing... by jug on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @12:45PM (#11763074)

There was nothing special to them though. Convention was just ".@user" but you could also have used "Hello @user!" The point was to force Twitter from treating it as a recipient-only message.

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