We've mentioned this before, but yes, we assume that you're referring to the replied-to user's last status when you don't specify which ID you're replying to. We don't look for "@username" anywhere other than the beginning of the status to make this guess.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 17:48, Chad Etzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 - > > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
