Originally Posted by
pittpanther
I never knew this!
Because it's not true. I see plenty of tweets in my feed that start with @whomever and I'm not that person.
Plus certain accounts can be DMd without following.. They have to opt-in for this feature. Since you follow them they can DM you back.
http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2011/0...fied-accounts/
Contrary to news reports, Twitter has not changed the rules for how Direct Messages (DMs) work for Verified accounts.
However, we have given a limited number of accounts the ability to receive DMs from accounts they don’t follow, in cases where having that capability may be beneficial (for example, enabling businesses to receive account information that users may not want to post publicly).