Can't use @ tags with twitter :(

I just sent out the following via twitter: d s remind me to do laundry tonight at 10pm @noreply

I think Twitter picked this up as "noreply" being a Twitter user, because a few minutes later Sandy said "I got #60: Do Laundry (Wed, 7/16/2008 10:00pm)

I guess this isn't really Sandy's problem...but how are we supposed to use tags via twitter?

I’m confused

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kevin1 replied on July 17, 2008 19:10

There isn't any problem with using @ tags over Twitter.

What happened here is that the "noreply" tag didn't do what you expected. Don't feel bad though, I was thoroughly confused too. So I went and did some investigation on what the "noreply" tag is supposed to do. (http://iwantsandy.com/help/guide#_nor... )

As far as I understand it, the "noreply" tag only applies to replies by *email*. Not to communications over Jott or Twitter. Although the name "noreply" certainly is confusing. The "noreply" turns off the automatic email reply. http://iwantsandy.com/settings/email Sandy doesn't have a setting or a tag to turn off replies to Jott or Twitter. (You can modify the Jott Link at the Jott website to turn off all SMS replies from Sandy to Jott.)

Just to be absolutely sure, can you check the Twitter communication that Sandy received? You can do this either through http://iwantsandy.com/email or by clicking on the new event and then clicking on the "More context" link. This will display the message that Sandy received. Does the message contain the text "@noreply"?

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kevin1 commented on July 17, 2008 19:17

Note that there is a mistake in the guide.(http://iwantsandy.com/help/guide#_nor... ) It should say "I'll skip the reply even if you have email replies turned ON".