I don't understand. if they are not following you, your tweet will not show up for them to see...will it?

Thanks

I don't understand why they do this? How do you get somebody to follow us

Can I post a picture to someone I am following, but does not follow me? If yes, how can i do it?

Twitter suxxx

So if I reply to a public comment from ladygaga for instance it is possible that she will see it? I am not sure I understand...

Dave, it is unlikely that someone as large as ladygaga would see it directly, or indirectly, because this is a common tactic. Plus, she probably has a staff member manage her twitter account, it is unlikely she does more than step into it every now and then.

a hint, if you type in:

. @ladygaga

As I understand it thus far this will send it to everyone following @ladygaga. In the case of @repiles in general, on my main account, still small by comparison to many, with close to 10K followers it puts me in the top 1% of Twitter users. As well, I check my @ replies daily. The timeline feature is over 1K an hour on an average day, and the DM are around 500 to greater than 1K a day, so its impossible for me to keep up at this level. However, my @replies are still reasonable by comparison and typically 100-250 a day, so I can manage those.

if u write about someone famous but they not following you thant meens they cant see it so theres no point writing it OMG its so stupid it should be like facebook you send them a request themn they accept it not following cos famous people harly ever fallow you :(!

I was watching Sanjay Gupta on CNN and he said to send comments to @sanjayguptaCNN. I tried to send a comment starting with @sanjayguptaCNN, but it would not work because he is not a follower of me (no duh). Why is this so difficult?

Why do people say "Send us a message on twitter" at ..... if I can't sed to someone not following me. This seems dumb. It should be simpler

Ahh well almost everytime you use a mention and type to someone,they never reply back to you,twitter should fix it and make the messaging like facebooks..I understand the because of spamming etc,but its a private message,shud be able to message someone famous u like without them following you,they have so many followers and follow very little,you should be able to message them. it's annoying,half the people make a twitter account to talk to the celebs they like and not many get followed back or messaged..whats the point!

@peter: You can send a mention if you want to reply to direct message!

twitter sucks. you cant send a message to someone who does not follow you. I am not talking about famous people. If you ask a question they are in the same boat they can not answer it.
I just do not get it.

I use to love twitter but now i don't. I didn't know that what y'all call" famous","celebrities" I call them human being does not see my tweets if they are not following me. Such a waste i don't understand y be a fan and support something and u don't exist in there book. I wonder of celebrities had no fans would they still be famous?