On a related note, If U indeed want to send DMs to those who dont follow U, U may want to follow @dmpp Check http://dmplusplus.com
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:50 AM, TjL <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Jeff Bishop <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > If you send a reply or Direct Message to someone who is not following you > > then the user will not see it in their timeline or as a Direct Message > > notification (like email), correct? > > /replies shows replies even from people you do not follow UNLESS you > have blocked them. > > If they search Summize for their @name it will also show up there. > > So really DMs are the only thing you have to worry about. > > > > So, what is the best way to get a list of people that will see these > replies > > or DMs? Do I have to get the IDs from Friends and Followers and compare > > myself? I would rather the user not send a DM or Reply if the person > will > > not see it. > > It's only the DMs you have to worry about. > > For you to send them a DM, they must follow you. > > How you test for that depends on how you send your DMs: > > If you go to their Twitter page and see a link in the sidebar to send > them a message, then they follow you. > > If you go to your /direct_messages page and see their name in the dropdown > list > > http://twitter.com/friendships/exists.xml?user_a=OTHERPERSON&user_b=SCOTT > > if you get > > <friends>false</friends> > > then OTHERPERSON does not follow SCOTT (obviously replace Twitternames > as appropriate :) > > If you get > > <friends>true</friends> > > then they do. > > Obviously they will not be able to send YOU a DM if you don't follow them. > > HTH > > TjL > -- Regards, Lakshman becomingguru.com lakshmanprasad.com
