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I think the utility here is severely limited by it's being public. Wouldn't DM work just as simply? Granted you'd have to follow every single signup but that c

• thenduks 15y ago
  Yea that was a concern and a choice we made. It would indeed be completely trivial to follow people who tweet at the bot. In the end there were a couple primary reasons I think we decided not to do that. First: Nobody really uses direct messages. I don't think I've ever received or sent even one. Second: The idea is for it to be trivial, little things. Things that would be meaningless if seen by someone else. Eg, not "colonoscopy ; tomorrow 3pm", but more mundane stuff like you know you're going shopping tomorrow so you ask it "don't forget to buy milk ; tomorrow at noon". I check twitter randomly throughout the day, so these sorts of jog-my-memory things are useful. Lastly: We thought that perhaps if it gains any traction a direct message option could be something available to premium account holders, or something :) Definitely don't think of it as a replacement for an alarm on your phone or something, it's about casual stuff. "@lmklater check on lmklater post on hn ; in 3 days" :)