I have a question about Twitter... reply messages?

[samsaysta]

Haha you can tell you're new :')
Right, the people YOU follow, you can see their tweets, and they cannot see yours UNLESS they are also following you.
Your followers can see everything you say, but if you "@replying" to someone so for example
" @Kate Hey yeah I'm fine, you? " then your followers cannot see this unless they are ALSO following @Kate
Also, if your page is public, anyone can see anything you tweet to anyone.

Direct messages, only you can see them.
It's sort of like myspace messages and comments; only you can see your messages but your comments unless you have a private profile are viewable to anyone.