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@twitterapi Any idea why others’ replies starting with “.@“ (not “@“) no longer show up in my stream? Bug or new feature? cc @raffi @rsarver

#1 2:59am Jan 25th 2011 via Hibari in reply to twitterapi

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@freerobby I don't believe the behaviour has changed. If you're *REPLYING* to a Tweet and add the period, it doesn't work.

#2 3:16am Jan 25th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to freerobby

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@freerobby If you create a brand new tweet and start it with ".@whomever" it will get through regardless of following status

#3 3:16am Jan 25th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to freerobby

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@RodBegbie Hmm, I could’ve sworn that trick used to work with reply-tos, but there is a chance I’m a huge liar and just making that up.

#4 3:18am Jan 25th 2011 via Hibari in reply to RodBegbie

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@freerobby Maybe your Twitter client has changed, and is smarter about sending the In-Reply-To field?

#5 3:20am Jan 25th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to freerobby

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