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The Official Twitter Commands from Twitter Support (1.4)

Did you know: you can keep Twitter under control from phone, IM, and most 3rd party applications (including Twitterrific!) by using the designated Twitter commands? Use the commands listed below on all devices for fine grained control of Twitter updates.

Device Basics: turning Twitter off and on

ON
Turns ALL device notifications on. (device = your phone or IM)

OFF
Turns ALL device notifications off.

STOP, QUIT
Stops all messages to your device immediately

ON username
Turns on notifications for a specific person on your device.
For example, ON alissa.

OFF username
Turns off notifications for a specific person on your device.
For example, OFF blaine.

FOLLOW username
This command allows you to start receiving notifications for a specific person on your device.
Example: follow jeremy

LEAVE username
This command allows you to stop receiving notifications for a specific person on your device.
Example: leave benfu

Fun Stuff: friends, favorites, and stats!

There’s more to Twitter than OFF and ON! Use the commands below to send private messages, mark updates as favorites, or even remind someone to update their Twitter if you’re wondering what they’re doing!

@username + message
Directs a twitter at another person, and causes your twitter to save in their “replies” tab.
Example: @meangrape I love that song too!

D username + message
Sends a person a private message that goes to their device, and saves in their web archive.
Example: d krissy want to pick a Jamba Juice for me while you’re there?

WHOIS username
Retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter.
Example: whois jack

GET username
Retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person.
Example: get goldman

NUDGE username
Reminds a friend to update by asking what they’re doing on your behalf.
Example: nudge biz

FAV username
Marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it as a favorite if you’re receiving it in real time)
Example: fav al3x

STATS
This command returns your number of followers, how many people you’re following, and which words you’re tracking.

INVITE phone number
Will send an SMS invite to a friend’s mobile phone.
Example: Invite 415 555 1212

Twitter Tracking

Get updates matching specific words, or topics of interest with the track feature. For example, for updates about the upcoming Coachella concert, send track coachella. To get the latest buzz about Austin, track SXSW . Track as many words as you want. What’s the catch? It only works on phone and IM, no API or web tracking…yet!

track word
Starts tracking a word

untrack word
Stops tracking a word

untrack all
Stops tracking all words

track off
Stops tracking all words

tracks or tracking
Returns a list of words you’re tracking

Hint: track your user name to get an update when someone sends you an @reply!

Noteworthy Facts

Using on/off username from your device only stops notifications to the device the command comes from; you’ll still collect a person’s updates on the web.

Using follow/leave username from your device is the same as using on/off username.

Following someone from a device for the first time will also cause you to follow them on the web.

There is no way to stop following a person on the web without visiting their profile and removing them. The off, leave, stop, and quit commands will only disable updates for the device(s) from which they were sent.

You don’t have to use ON/OFF username from IM or phone, you can set individual notifications from a person’s profile page, or check your following page and manage all friend notifications there.