@username + messagedirects a twitter at another person, and causes your
twitter to save in their "replies" tab. Example: @hosamToday nice to meet u!
D username + messagesends a person a private message that goes to their device,
and saves in their web archive. Example: d hosamToday this msg is only for you
WHOIS username retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter.
Example: whois hosamToday
GET usernameretrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person.
Example: get hosamToday
NUDGE username reminds a friend to update by asking what they're doing on your
behalf. Example: nudge hosamToday
FAV usernamemarks a person's last twitter as a favorite. (hint: reply to any update with
FAV to mark it as a favorite if you're receiving it in real time) Example: fav hosamToday
What are @Replies?An @reply is a public message sent from one person to another,
distinguished from normal updates by the @username prefix. If a message begins with
@username, we collect it as a reply. Reply publicly to any update on Twitter by using
the @username format. Following is not necessary to reply to someone, and all of your
replies are visible in the @username tab in your home page sidebar.
(Tweets with @username elsewhere in the tweet are also collected in your sidebar tab;
tweets starting with @username are replies, and tweets with @username elsewhere are
considered mentions.)
What is the difference between an @reply and a direct message?An @reply is a public
message sent regardless of follow-ship that anyone can view. A direct message can
only be sent by someone you follow, and is a private message that only the author and
recipient can view.
What does RT, or retweet, mean?RT is short for retweet, and indicates a re-posting of
someone else's tweet. This isn't an official Twitter command or feature, but people add RT
somewhere in a tweet to indicate that part of their tweet includes something they're
re-posting from another person's tweet, sometimes with a comment of their own.Check
out this great article on re-tweeting, written by a fellow Twitter user, @ruhanirabin.
How do I post a picture to Twitter?Twitter doesn't offer an official picture posting feature of its
own, however, most people use a third party application called TwitPic. Just enter your Twitter
user name and password to get an email address you can send pictures to. Or, upload your
photos directly to Twitpic from other apps or from the web, and post them to Twitter that way.
Like Twitter, Twitpic has a public timeline of everyone's photos, and you also get your own
profile page for pictures you've posted. (Check out Britt's pics as an example.)
Note: Twitter doesn't officially support Twitpic, but you can follow Twipic on Twitter to find
out the latest updates!
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