My understanding is the rules are now simpler: A reply will not show up to your followers unless they follow the person being replied to, just as before. All ot

My understanding is the rules are now simpler: A reply will not show up to your followers unless they follow the person being replied to, just as before. All other tweets will be shown. I seem to remember some celebrity being mocked because their first tweet was unintentionally not broadcast as it started with '@'. I wouldn't be surprised if many users are initially confused by this feature, so hopefully this change will make things easier.