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Twitter messages have unique URLs (permalinks). It doesn't exactly have replies, though; you can send a message @someone (public, but intended especially for t

by shimon 18y ago

Twitter messages have unique URLs (permalinks). It doesn't exactly have replies, though; you can send a message @someone (public, but intended especially for the given person) or send a private direct message, but there's no standard way to indicate which message you're replying to. This is an intentional step back from email. Twitter is a bad place to have long back-and-forth conversations by design.

callmeed 18y ago
The Twitter timeline knows the specific message a reply is connected to.
- misuba 18y ago
  ... but is actually just inferring, and frequently gets it wrong.
  - hboon 18y ago
    With in_reply_to_status_id and proper client support, that should go away, hopefully.
hboon 18y ago
Twitter messages have unique IDs as well as an optional "message replied to id" (in_reply_to_status_id). The latter defaults to the last message from userX if you send a message with the @userX convention.
zandorg 18y ago
Thanks for confirming about these message-ids with Twitter.