Looking into this it shows this is a presentation issue on twitter.com as these are mentions. To confirm this I checked the in_reply_to fields in the API response. In these messages the in_reply_to fields are null. This can also be seen when not in #newtwitter - http://twitter.com/mikedizon does not report the tweet as a reply to you.
I've let the webteam know about this heading causing confusion. --- @themattharris Developer Advocate, Twitter http://twitter.com/themattharris On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Orian Marx (@orian) <or...@orianmarx.com> wrote: > It seems like a proper @reply does not require a leading @username. > Take this recent reply to me for example: > http://twitter.com/#!/mikedizon/statuses/27265789132 > (note the reply was created via twitter.com too). > > On Oct 8, 12:07 pm, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> > wrote: >> I've never known this to work, but I easily could be wrong. API won't do >> anything to stop you from doing this -- but it won't be considered an >> @reply. HootSuite very well could do some server-side association of the >> post since it is cognizant of the intent during creation -- but that seems >> far-fetched. >> >> Taylor >> >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Orian Marx (@orian) >> <or...@orianmarx.com>wrote: >> >> >> >> > When did this change to actually require starting the @reply with the >> > @username? HootSuite has long supported sending tweets in reply to >> > others without leading with the @username. Does this no longer work? >> >> > On Oct 7, 3:42 pm, Taylor Singletary <taylorsinglet...@twitter.com> >> > wrote: >> > > With as often as this comes up, it's obvious that we aren't communicating >> > > this clearly and the historical aspect of this isn't obvious: >> >> > > An @reply requires that it begins with the @username of the user being >> > > replied to. The in_reply_to_status_id field is not enough to associate >> > the >> > > tweets as a reply -- the username must also be present. >> >> > > Also: When using a POST method, don't include your fields/parameters on >> > the >> > > query string. Instead, put them in the POST body. You may find someday >> > that >> > > passing such parameters on the query string just stops working. >> >> > > Taylor >> >> > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Matthew <matt.c.w...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > Hello, >> >> > > > Been working on a project that will allow users to reply to tweets. I >> > > > am having difficulty in getting the 'in_reply_to_message_id' to be >> > > > acknowledged. I have been using the latest version of Abraham's >> > > > TwitterOAuth library, also confirmed the problem through apigee. >> >> > > > Example request (over POST): >> >> > > >http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json?in_reply_to_status_id=2. >> > .. >> > > > like its not working for apigee either >> >> > > > I can confirm the in_reply_to_status_id message is a message I posted >> > > > earlier. >> > > >http://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/show/26673308442.json >> >> > > > I get a response back from twitter with field populated except with >> > > > "in_reply_to_status_id" : null. >> > > > Is there currently a glitch in the twitterapi, or am I using this >> > > > function improperly? >> >> > > > Thanks in advance! >> >> > > > -- >> > > > Twitter developer documentation and resources: >> >http://dev.twitter.com/doc >> > > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi >> > > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >> > > >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >> > > > Change your membership to this group: >> > > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk >> >> > -- >> > Twitter developer documentation and resources:http://dev.twitter.com/doc >> > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi >> > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: >> >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list >> > Change your membership to this group: >> >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > > -- > Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc > API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > Change your membership to this group: > http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk > -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
