Aha, reading the timeline rules (something I should have done I freely admit) explains the problem.
If A sends a tweet, and B replies and I am only following B, it would seem I won't see it as I'm not following A. Mystery solved. On 3 Nov 2011, at 23:59, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > Thank you Zach, as ever spot on. Now one more question. Any idea where on > the twitter site one can change this? > > Thank you, > > Dónal > On 3 Nov 2011, at 23:56, Zachary Kline wrote: > >> Hi Dónal, >> I suspect this is a general twitter issue. You can decide whether or not you >> see all mentions someone makes or only mentions directed at you. In my >> experience though, you can see them all in the single user view. I think the >> default is to only see mentions directed at you, because presumably those >> only mentioning other people might not be of interest. >> Now, if you follow those other people you'll see the mentions. I believe >> this setting can be changed via the Twitter web site. >> Best, >> Zack. >> On Nov 3, 2011, at 4:47 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >> >>> I've just noticed a pattern. >>> >>> I follow (as an example) the BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew. It >>> seems that when he mentions someone else in his tweets I don't get them. >>> Same for others. >>> On 3 Nov 2011, at 23:36, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Hard one to explain this so I hope you'll bear with me. >>>> >>>> Ok I'm following two people let's call them A and B. A has just retweeted >>>> a tweet posted by B. I didn't see the original tweet, even though I'm >>>> following B. Even in "single user" view the tweet still didn't show up. >>>> >>>> I've noticed this a bit recently. 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