It seems one can reference any valid status by id using the following URL formula *if* you are signed in to twitter.com:
http://twitter.com/#!/this_can_be_anything/statuses/38671791899684864 but this will lead to a "sorry this page doesn't exist" if you are not logged in. This seems like strange behavior to me? This was pointed out to me by @samichaels. -@orian -- 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