Well said.
In my experience, the tip ("d TwitterName to reply") at the bottom of the
SMS delivered direct message is only applied if it does not extend the
message beyond the 160 char boundary of the current text message. (This same
behavior is also seen when you subscribe to SMS device notifications for
specific user updates.)
Thanks,
Doug
@dougw
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:34 PM, TjL <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Craig Hockenberry
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Won't this present a problem for users who are getting their direct
> > messages through SMS? Do they get truncated on delivery?
>
> Hi Craig :-)
>
> FWIW: Almost *all* DMs come through as two SMSes.
>
> Why?
>
> Because "Direct Message from <Twitter Name>" is prepended to the
> message, which counts towards the 160 character SMS limit AND (what is
> worse) Twitter also appends something like "Use d TwitterName to
> reply"
>
> (I left my iPhone home today or I could give you the exact message).
>
> The second SMS is almost always just the last bit of the message: "d
> TwitterName to reply"
>
> So unless Twitter stops appending the "How to reply to a DM via SMS",
> sending a DM that is longer than 140 characters not really going to
> cause much of a hardship. The second SMS will simply have more actual
> content in it :-) And there's little to no chance that you'll reach
> the length of having *3* SMSes (320 characters)
>
> TjL
>
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