Answers. Finally.

1. Why is there a
period in front of
that tweet?
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2. Why is there a
period in front of
that tweet?
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3. This is a “reply”
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4. Only the two users and
people who follow both
accounts will see the tweet
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5. Woah it’s a
period.
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6. Putting a period at the
beginning of a tweet
turns it into a “mention”
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7. Like this.
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8. All your followers
will see this tweet
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9. But you can use
any character at
the beginning of a
tweet to turn it
into a mention
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10. A period
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11. ,A comma
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12. ~Even this thing
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13. ~Even this thing (it’s called a tilde)
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14. You can even use words!
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