@Replying on TwitterHow conversations workBy Colin Wonghttp://twitter.com/colinwong
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Ben and Colin follow each other.Ben Colin
follow each other
followers followers
Ben
GriffJin Jason
Colin
Jason Kevin Kamal
follow each otherBoth have followers.
followers followers
Ben
GriffJin Jason
Colin
Jason Kevin Kamal
@colinwong How are you doing?
follow each other
Ben sends a message to Colin.
followers followers
Jin Jason Jason Kamal
@benting Doing real good. Yourself?
Ben Colin
Griff Kevin
follow each other
Colin replies to Ben.
@colinwong How are you doing?
followers followers
Jason Jason KamalJin
Ben Colin
Griff Kevin
follow each other
? ? ? ? ? ?
Who will see this conversation?
@benting Doing real good. Yourself?
@colinwong How are you doing?
follow each other
followers followers
Jason Jason KamalJin
Only me! I follow both
Ben and Colin
Ben Colin
Griff Kevin
@benting Doing real good. Yourself?
@colinwong How are you doing?
followers followers
Jason Jason KamalJin
Ben Colin
Griff Kevin
follow each other
The rest are not subscribed to both.
@benting Doing real good. Yourself?
@colinwong How are you doing?
Why Does Twitter Do This?
followers followers
Jason Jason KamalJin
Ben Colin
Griff Kevin
follow each other
Jin and Griff can only see Ben’s
replies. @benting Doing real good. Yourself?
@colinwong How are you doing?
followers followers
Jason Jason KamalJin
Ben Colin
Griff Kevin
follow each other
Kevin and Kamal can only see
Colin’s replies.@benting Doing real good. Yourself?
@colinwong How are you doing?
Twitter removes @reply messages from your feed unless you follow both the sender and the
receiver.
This helps you make more sense of conversations.
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