In the past, to get responses from @tagalus on Twitter, you had to use the Twitter ‘reply’ syntax, by having the first word of your tweet be “@tagalus.” Because of the way Twitter handles replies, most users would not see your tag/definition unless they were following @tagalus as well. This cuts down on the amount of unwanted data that users have to skim through while reading tweets (ex: your friend @Joe is tweeting to his old elementary school buddy @Tim. You don’t know @Tim, so Twitter assumes you don’t want to read their conversation unless you tell it to do so).
However, if you’re using Tagalus, maybe you want your friends to see your definitions. Maybe you want them to go and comment on your definition, write their own, etc. So, we’ve added a new syntax option: instead of having to say “@tagalus define…..” you can just say “tagalus define….” This way, everyone following you sees the tweet, since it’s not an @reply to @tagalus. The @tagalus bot will still be able to sift through and find your tweets and will respond as usual with an @reply to your user name.
Hint: Don’t forget you can substitute “def” for “define” to save characters!
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