The Twitter '@ Reply' Trick Is Only Broken on the Mobile App

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Twitter did not get rid of the old period-in-front-of-'@' symbol trick, as Austin Frakt has claimed over at the Incidental Economist, but it does not work on the iPhone app. For those unfamiliar with this trick, putting a period in front of an '@' symbol ensures that all of one's followers see a specific tweet, instead of just people following both the tweeter and the tweeted at. For example, when starting a tweet with someone's handle, sans the period, not all of one's twitter following sees the tweet. ...