You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk”

Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by burke on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:08PM (#9881104)

It's probably so that people don't accidentally publish something they intended to DM by tapping the spacebar twice after the command. It'd still imagine it should be allowed from a full keyboard, at least.

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Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by darklajid on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:31PM (#9881262)

Nice idea, but 'internal server error' (per the linked tweet, didn't try it) isn't exactly a good reaction. IF someone thought that this might make sense, the result should not/would not be a 500..

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Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by glass_of_water on Monday July 13, 2015 @09:39PM (#9882339)

It could be that an internal service is returning an error, which the externally facing server is not handling properly.

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Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by logicallee on Monday July 13, 2015 @08:10PM (#9882031)

yes, absolutely! It has to be this. Plus, a tiny little period is really hard to miss on mobile (where the shortcut you mention applies). it's almost justified.

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Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by personjerry on Monday July 13, 2015 @05:12PM (#9881128)

That's an interesting idea but very speculative.

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Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by Dylan16807 on Monday July 13, 2015 @06:45PM (#9881667)

Allowing multiple spaces makes sense, I suppose, but why support a dot stuck there? Seems like an oversight.

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Re:You cannot start a tweet with “D. Tusk” by Maome on Monday July 13, 2015 @06:51PM (#9881688)

On many mobile keyboards double space turns into '. ' as a quick way to begin a new sentence.

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