calvin f. williams, jr. » Tutorial http://calvinwilliamsjr.com one man. one vision. unlimited potential. Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:54:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Why Do I Direct Message Your Reply http://calvinwilliamsjr.com/2009/08/29/why-do-i-direct-message-your-reply/ http://calvinwilliamsjr.com/2009/08/29/why-do-i-direct-message-your-reply/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:36:45 +0000 Calvin http://calvinwilliamsjr.com/?p=223 Twitter is an amazing service and I love it. It has become apart of my life (follow me) but I have noticed that everyone is using Twitter for different reasons and some may not understand all of the features.

Often times when someone sends me a reply to a message I have posted, I may send you a Direct Message rather than another reply. Just wanted to offer an explanation of why:

  • Privacy: There comes in a point in every conversation when the topic has become to private for all of the internet to know.
  • Bore the People: I have had to unfollow a few people that make their twitter into a public conversation. I understand and respect some public conversation (I do it myself, when I leave an option for someone else to comment) but most times no one else needs to know that level of detail.
  • Some Still Use Their Phone (i.e. Text): I know some followers receive my tweets in text messages and maybe some of yours are doing the same thing. Do you really want that person to become point 2 (Bore the People)?

So just a few thoughts on why I choose to DM much more than @.

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