Tips : Accessible Twitter

Tips

To report a spammer to Twitter, send a direct message to the account "spam" followed by the user's account name.

Follow this syntax: d spam @username. For example: d spam @fake is a spammer!

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The following table provides tips on how to use the Twitter text commands relating to friends, favorites and direct messages.

Syntax	Explanation	Example
@username + message	Directs a tweet at named person, and causes your twitter to save in their "replies" timeline. Only you, named person, and accounts following both will see this tweet.	@caratina I love that song too, The Cure rules!
.@username + message	Same as above but allows all accounts to view the tweet. (Period at beginning.)	.@jennison I love that song too, Joy Division rules!
RT @username + their message	Known as a Retweet, or RT for short. When you copy and pass along someone else's message. This is the old method; does not use Twitter's retweet.	RT @accessibletwitr Working on some performance enhancements with the API.
^ + user initials	For accounts with more than one author, the author adds a carat (^) and his initials to the end of the tweet to clarify who he is.	@tweetvines yes, via the email address associated with the account used to file the application. ^DW
D username + message	Sends a person a direct (private) message.	d dennisl Want to meet at Starbucks at 4pm today?

The following table provides tips on how to use the Twitter text commands relating to device notifications (mobile phone).

Command	Explanation	Example
ON	Turns ALL phone notifications on.	on
OFF	Turns ALL phone notifications off.	off
STOP, QUIT	Stops all messages to your phone immediately.	stop
ON username	Turns on notifications for a specific person on your phone.	ON alyssa
OFF username	Turns off notifications for a specific person on your phone.	OFF blaine
FOLLOW username	This command allows you to start receiving notifications for a specific person on your phone.	follow jeremy
LEAVE username	This command allows you to stop receiving notifications for a specific person on your phone.	leave benfu

Using on/off username from your phone only stops notifications to the place the command comes from; you'll still collect a person's updates on the web.
Using follow/leave username from your phone is the same as using on/off username.
Following someone from a phone for the first time will also cause you to follow them on the web.
There is no way to stop following a person on the web without visiting their profile and removing them. The off, leave, stop, and quit commands will only disable updates for the device(s) from which they were sent.
You don't have to use ON/OFF username from the phone, you can also set individual notifcations from a person's profile page, or check your following page and manage all phone notification settings there.