How do I send a twitter message?

For people you're following, you can @ reply them, as Thomas mentioned. In the tweet box you can type the example string Thomas posted above.

If they're following you back, you'll notice a little "message" button on their profile. This means you can direct message them. You can direct message them by clicking on "message" in their profile, or by typing a message like so: "d joe hi, i'm following you, and you're following me!". The "d" stands for Direct Message.

Replies are public and Direct Messages (DMs) are private.

Where do you learn this stuff? Is there a How To Use Twitter guide?

that looks nasty

Rocque: There's a Twitter FAQ, if you'd like to learn some of the finer details of Twitter. There's also tons of other Twitter Knowledge Base articles if you're looking for more. :)

I am trying to send a direct message to Issue1cnn.

1. I logged on to my GoTimothy account.

2. I clicked home at the top of the page.

3. I clicked direct message link in the lower right of that page.

4. A page came up that says Send [Blank Box] a message. The blank box has a drop down menu and there is a Box for a text message and a button for send. The problem is the drop down menu does not have anyone to send to and it will not let me type in Issue1cnn. Issue1cnn is on my following list and I have several followers but I cant send anyone anything. Is it because I need a cell phone?

No - you don't need a cell phone to DM (Direct Message). I checked DoesFollow and it Issue1cnn doesn't seem to be following you, which is why you can't direct message them. You can only DM users who are following you. As for the others who are following you, I'm not sure why they aren't showing up in that list.

You could send a reply to Issue1CNN by sending something like this to twitter:

@issue1cnn Hi, this is my message.

It's important to note that this type of message (@reply) would be public to anyone that follows you, or to anyone who visits your Twitter page.

Thank you Chris. I'll try it.

more people responded than live in my town, wow the internet is cool

@johntunger, it's entirely too late to be up in Michigan

thanks so much

Chris I see my message on my homepage but not on the person im trying to message so if I send the reply message to them do they get the message if they're not following me?

This is very informative. I am trying to do the same thing, send a message to someone I am following. I followed the steps but I noticed when I click on "send" under "Direct Message", it isn't doing anything.

wow .. just wow