No, I think it creates the "link" once, at the time of the send/post. If there is an "in_reply_to" parameter set at the time of the send/post, then that is what is linked; if not, then it is just linked to the "receiver"'s most recent tweet.
Also, one must keep in mind twitter's definition of a "reply". Only tweets that *begin* with @username are considered replies... if there is an @username in the middle of the tweet, it is not a reply to that @username. Even more interesting, as is common practice among users to start a tweets with multiple @s (i.e. "@user1 @user2 @user3 i'll see you guys at the movie tonight!") it is only considered a reply for the *first* person in the list, so @user2 and @user3 will not see this tweet in their list of replies. In my opinion, any tweet with a @username appearing anywhere in the tweet should be considered a reply (or at least a "mention") so that users are aware other people are talking about them, but that discussion is for another thread probably. -Chad On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:36 PM, elaverick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah that's interesting, so it looks as though potentially applies links > at send and at receipt. > > On Nov 25, 10:33 pm, "Chad Etzel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - >
