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by fayimora 3679 days ago
Wow I have been using Twitter since 08/09 and I never knew about the ".@" reply.
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jug 3679 days ago
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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