Ok, well I stand corrected. Now I'm not getting "d username" tips for any sized DMs through SMS. So, nevermind :) -chad
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM, dougw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Chad, > I just sent myself: > 1) 40 character DM and did receive the tip. The message was contained > to a single text. > > 2) 150 character DM and did not receive the tip. The message was > contained to a single text message. > > 2) 170 character DM and the message was split into two SMS texts. The > second SMS text did not have the tip. > > Color me confused why I'm not getting the tip now in these tests. > > Doug > @dougw > > On Mar 3, 1:58 pm, Chad Etzel <[email protected]> wrote: >> Unless things changed recently, this is not my experience at all. The >> "d username to reply" info always came through and frequently spilled >> over to a 2nd message.... thus doubling my txt rate for every DM >> received. Since I don't have unlimited text, that promptly caused me >> to disable DMs at SMS. >> >> -Chad >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Doug Williams <[email protected]> wrote: >> > 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 >> >> > -- >> > Doug Williams >> >> > [email protected] >> >http://www.igudo.com >> >>
