As far as my own testing has shown, if no "in_reply_to" parameter is set when posting, the "link" is made to the @'d person's most recent tweet. Others may have more insight on this. -Chad
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:25 PM, elaverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's the link between the @reply and the in_reply_to_status_id. Am > I right in thinking its the Twitter site that links up the @reply > nickname to the desired status/user id? What happens if you post a > reply with only a partial link up in place ([EMAIL PROTECTED] in the Tweet > but no status ID in the XML or vice versa)? > I want to try and keep nice and compliant so I want to know how much I > have to enforce in terms of replies. >
