Anytime! I owe you a few ;)

I’m pretty sure it wasn’t always that way, because we tried it. @ messages evolved out of usage and weren’t even hyperlinked. If you did @username, if the person wasn’t following you, you didn’t see it. This may have changed, which is great, but it also opens things up for spamming. If it’s true that this is now the case, meaning if I posted @somerandomuser and they will see the message, I can now spam ANYONE on twitter I want. I just tested it, and you’re right. Replies hasn’t always been there, so this is still new. On the one hand this is great because I can reply to people who don’t follow me. I just have to hope they check their replies tab. By the skeptic in me is already thinking of ways to exploit this ;)

Thanks for the heads up! I’ll have to post about this.