We're no longer supporting this command. Soon it will be received as an update.

I am receiving the following error message when trying to update my status via the web site: We're no longer supporting this command. Soon it will be received as an update.

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mdy replied on October 09, 2008 10:14

Hello. This error message usually comes up when the update starts with something that Twitter considers a keyword or command, such as the word TIPS.

The best workaround is to change the first word of your update to something else so

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Eridanus commented on October 09, 2008 10:35

@mdy - Oops! You got truncated mid-post! =8-o
@brianmars - There's a little more about this in another thread.
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mdy commented on October 09, 2008 10:56

Haha! Indeed. My connection died while I was in the middle of an edit. Had to reset the dsl modem.

The last sentence should have read: "The best workaround is to change the first word of your update to something else so Twitter does not interpret your update as a command."
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Karen Funk Blocher commented on October 09, 2008 10:56

Aha! That was exactly the word I was trying to use, as in "helpful hints." Thanks!
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Eridanus commented on October 09, 2008 11:26

A tweet which begins Tips: (with no space between Tips and : ) is OK, however, as in:
Tips: This is accepted as a tweet because there is no space between "Tips" and the colon.