Tips for Social Media:¶

What is up with those tweets starting with a “.”?

Twitter:
A common twitter faux-pas is to start a tweet with an “@-reply”, such as:

@DicksDriveIn has the best fries!

An “@-reply” is super useful in having and sharing a conversation, but:

Know this: A tweet starting with “@” will only be seen by the user replied to, and by those who follow both you and the @-replied user.

If you’d like to tell your followers about someone and have them see the tweet if they don’t already follow that user, you need to start with something other than an “@”.

(In the above case, only users following both you AND @DicksDriveIn would see your thrilling review of their successful potato treat… probably not a helpful group of people if you’re trying to tell those who may have never heard of the place to check Dick’s out)

What To Do: Starts the tweet with a different character. Common notation uses a period: “.”, as so:

.@DicksDriveIn has the best fries!

This tweet will go out to ALL of your followers, and @DicksDriveIn will hear about it!

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