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Yes. They won't be getting anybody sending them a direct message.

[iancarroll]

Just tweet them and they'll follow you.

[adsche]

Thanks, used IRC, preferred that anyway, was just curious if I missed something regarding twitter.

[BillinghamJ]

For a while you could configure your account to allow DMs from people you don't follow. That was removed, but I suspect it may still exist for big companies/verified accounts.