twitter-syntax

Twitter Syntax

Retrieved from the Twitter Lingo page.

Send these commands to 40404 and interact with Twitter on your mobile phone.

Commands

Inviting or Adding People

• add: 415-555-1212 john sends a text invite to john
• follow username: you will get phone updates from this person (requires initial approval)

Getting More Updates

• get: gets recent updates from all your friends
• get username: gets this person's last update
• follow all: turns on phone updates (entire friends list)
• nudge username: encourages this person to update

Getting Less Updates

• leave username: disables phone updates from this person
• leave all: turns off phone updates (entire friends list)
• off: disables twitter phone updates
• on: enables twitter phone updates

Finding Out Stuff

• followers: find out who is following your updates
• help: sends back a list of twitter lingo commands

To update your own Twitter timeline, just text whatever is on your mind to the Twitter number: 40404.