Jude's Blog

• Jude’s Forum Twitter giveaway for VIP http://snipurl.com/hx119 #
• Underworld Rise of the Lycans (http://blippr.com/b/c9b1): Liked it but disappointed that they strayed a bit from the original story and … #
• I have to clean the house today for my Mom’s visit tomorrow. *sigh* #
• I wondered why I stopped getting new followers this past week! #fixreplies explains it! Goodbye people I never knew http://fleck.com/qHFFC #
• There is a way around this new #fixreplies problem. Just put your reply BEFORE the @ username, and it doesn’t register as a reply!! #
• Hmmm…I never thought about not being able to post a private reply before, but we can now. That sheds new light on… http://post.ly/X8G #
• Jane, just put your reply before name like this. Everyone can then see it. @jane_l new policy screws w/ basic reason I am on twitter #
• Excellent question. I don’t know where ideas come from. I’m inspired! @mcvane Why do people ask writers this:”Where do you get your ideas?” #
• Daily A-Z: M is for Marriage. It can be a daily struggle but also a nice comfort to have someone in your life to share those struggles with. #
• @danielucha1310 good to see you on here, Daniella! #
• createspace is free and sub of amazon. @jane_l most authors will have to pay to be published through AMZN so get $$ on both ends. @mikecane #
• Twitter: You Can’t Give Us a Feature Then Take it Away #fixreplies http://bit.ly/lB1ay Just start with RT instead of @ and problem goes away #
• I’ve gotten quite addicted to it lately! Very addictive. @danielucha1310 thanks! I’m just getting the hang of it, heh. #
• Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/SquawkRadio to join #
• Ooh, a kidnap story? I can’t wait to read it!!! @TeresaMedeiros #
• No, it would be too distracting to read and watch the romance @mcvane Wld u be willing to watch a romantic film if it was foreign/subtitled? #
• @wujinbo what story ,I want to read. Is it funny or not? <– I have many romance stories. Visit www.judesplace.com/forum for more info. #
• For anyone who immediately read my blog, I’ve updated it: http://www.judesplace.com/blog/?p=19 #
• RT @FunnyJoker A couple of people have swine flu and everyone starts wearing masks.Millions of people have AIDs and no one wears condoms. #
• RT @RobQuigley: add PR in front of @ to create public reply; leave out for mutual follower exclusivity #fixreplies #twitterfail #prfix #
• I really don’t think it matters. @Booklorn We have to NOT click on reply but instead type the username if we want everyone to see convo? #
• I mean that hitting reply or typing the name will do the same thing! @Booklorn Not sure what u mean by it not mattering. #
• @Booklorn ahhhh, so they’re changing that. Right now it is the same though. #
• @Booklorn They say they will change it soon. Doesn’t mean that it’s been done yet (according to the link you provided) #
• Yeah, we all need to do this! Makes the change moot. @Alyssa_Milano You can get around it by putting something else before the @. #
• Well, whatever they do, I’ll just continue to type ahead of the @ sign. @Booklorn Hard to tell if something is invisible it’s invisible. #
• LOL Then get a new f’ing computer @kirstiealley .I have these fake f’ing acrylic nails, and on this stupid grandpa antique f’ing computer..f #
• Have you all seen this hilarious video? I LMAO every time I see it. http://bit.ly/19PaPn #

Ever since visiting Twitter early this morning, everyone is all abuzz about the recent change that occurred with replying to other people’s tweets. I had noticed that I wasn’t getting new followers and wondered why. This could very well be it. Used to be, everyone that followed you could see everything you posted. The heads at twitter inc decided that created too much traffic and changed the @reply policy. From now on if anyone starts their tweet with a @ and username (ie @judel) that tweet will ONLY be seen by that person and the people following that person. This stops the networking that was enabled by getting someone with a huge following to respond to you, thereby giving you exposure to all their followers, possibly gaining you more followers.

If that was confusing, let me detail it a bit more. I have less than 200 followers on twitter currently. Let’s say I am following an author that is famous and has 5,000 followers. Let’s also say that of my 200 followers, only 50 also follow this famous author. If I ask the famous author a question, and they reply to me directly, only me and those 50 of my 200 followers will see the response. If they indirectly reply to me, all 5,000 of their followers will see the tweet and my name. I’ll type a few example tweets below to demonstrate:

@judel @famousauthor I love your writing. When will your next book be released?

@famousauthor @judel Thanks for the support. My next book will be out in October.

Famousauthor’s response will only be seen by 51 people (me and my 50 followers who are also following famousauthor).

There is a work around for this however. All you have to do is either start your reply with a RT before the @reply OR simply type your reply before the @reply. This will enable all your followers to see what you type. Most everyone wants this new policy reversed, but I also read a pro blog for this. Let’s say you don’t want all your followers to see your reply to someone they aren’t following. You can then hit reply and type after their @username. Then you’re not cluttering a bunch of other people’s timelines with a response to one person.

Here is demonstration of workarounds:

@judel @famousauthor I love your writing. When will your next book be released?

@famousauthor RT @judel I love your writing. When will your next book be released? <– Thanks my next book will be in October.

OR

@famousauthor Thanks for the support @judel. My next book will be out in October.

Both of the above examples will be shown to all 5000 followers of famousauthor, giving me exposure and possibly more followers.

At least that’s the way I understand it all to work.