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<div><h1>Twitter Syntax</h1><br />
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Retrieved from the [http://twitter.com/help/lingo Twitter Lingo page], [http://twitter.com/help/follow Friends and Followers].<br />
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Send these commands to 40404 and interact with Twitter on your mobile phone, via Gtalk (IM twitter at twitter.com) or the web. Twitter members outside the US can use 447781488126 to access Twitter services from their mobile phones.<br />
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== Commands ==<br />
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=== Friends and Followers ===<br />
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* '''add''': 415-555-1212 john sends a text invite to john<br />
* '''follow ''username''''': you will get phone updates from this person (requires initial approval)<br />
** shortcut: '''F''' <br />
* '''leave ''username''''': disables phone updates from this person<br />
** shortcut: '''L''' <br />
* '''accept''': this command will accept a friend invitation. Example: Accept Jade. NOTE: when you accept, you must type in the name exactly as it was sent to you in order for Twitter to recognize it properly.<br />
* '''deny''': this command will deny a friend invitation. <br />
* '''delete''': for now, deleting friends must be done from the web.<br />
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* '''get''': gets recent updates from all your friends<br />
* '''get ''username''''': gets this person's last update<br />
* '''follow all''': turns on phone updates (entire friends list)<br />
* '''leave all''': turns off phone updates (entire friends list)<br />
* '''nudge ''username''''': encourages this person to update<br />
* '''off''' or '''stop''' or '''sleep''': disables twitter phone updates<br />
* '''on''' or '''start''' or '''wake''': enables twitter phone updates<br />
* '''whois''': text WHOIS BIZ to 40404 you will get the info Biz has filled out in his settings<br />
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=== Finding Out Stuff ===<br />
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* '''followers''': find out who is following your updates<br />
* '''stats''': find out how many people are following you, and how many friends you have<br />
* '''help''': sends back a list of twitter lingo commands<br />
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To update your own Twitter timeline, just text whatever is on your mind to the Twitter number: 40404, or use 447781488126 if you are outside the US.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[picoformats]]</div>PjhH0j