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Starting With @ – A Common Twitter Misunderstanding

If you use Twitter, there is a well-kept secret about starting your tweets with @.  If the first character in your tweet is a Twitter address (e.g. @joeblow), only the people that follow both you and @joeblow will be able to see the tweet. Here is how it works: Tweet:  I am good friends with […]

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I Wish Twitter Worked Like Domains

One of the things I would like to see from Twitter is the ability to redirect traffic from one account to another.  For instance, if I owned @scottbarstow and @sbarstow, I would like for people to be able to follow @sbarstow but get the content from @scottbarstow without me having to post it in both […]

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TWAM

Tonight I posted a tweet about hating my iPhone.  It happens from time to time.  I promptly received two or three replies from Twitter bots offering me new Apple gear.  Does anyone know if there is a plugin yet for TweetDeck to block TWAM?  If not, there needs to be. I read about a company […]