Trying to send DMs to someone not follow will fail. You can reply to anyone
but they won't get emails and will only see it if they read their replies.
You can use the followers method to pulling everybody that is will get DMs
from you. You can also use the social graph method.
On Mon, Mar 16, 200
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Jeff Bishop wrote:
> If you send a reply or Direct Message to someone who is not following you
> then the user will not see it in their timeline or as a Direct Message
> notification (like email), correct?
/replies shows replies even from people you do not follo
On a related note, If U indeed want to send DMs to those who dont follow U,
U may want to follow @dmpp Check http://dmplusplus.com
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:50 AM, TjL wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Jeff Bishop
> wrote:
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> > If you send a reply or Direct Message to someone who is
I believe you can also use the HTTP response stats code to tell if the
user's DM is successful or not. If the status code is 403 (Forbidden),
then in the context of DM, I believe it means the receiver is not
following the sender. This way you don't need to check any condition
beforehand (like foll