Originally Posted by
stan1162
I am following them, they are following me.
One last question, if I need assistance, do I need to send a general tweet to them and THEN a DM, or can I go straight to the DM from the DM button, without any "advance" notice of an incoming DM?
You can only direct message twitter users who follow you. The public tweet is just a one-time thing to get them to follow you. You don't need to do that again.
You aren't obligated to reply now via a dm. And the next time you want to communicate, go straight to the dm panel and send the dm from there.
And double check before you DM to make sure you're not sending a public tweet.
That can really cost you. Just ask Anthony Weiner.