can u help me with twitter?

[worried]

In twitter, when a follower mentions you in their tweet, you're supposed to get a notification that appears on the right hand pane of the website against the @username tab, right?

I do not get any notification but my friends send out tweets mentioning me. What is the problem with my account? Is it something to do with the settings or something???

[lexipexi]

im not sure wether you are ment to have they being putting an @ at the start of your name or simply just the name it depends on that

[sillytown607]

You won't receive a notification when someone puts @maartenvleeuwen (my Twitter account) in their tweet.
You'll receive a notification if someone that you follow (and follows you back) sents you a Direct Message (DM). Theirs a difference between a @mention and a DM.

A @mention is public and a DM is private (eyes only).

If you wish to be more in control of your conversations I suggest you use a tool to monitor your @mentions, direct mentions and even your searchs. Nowadays these tools all have the options to add links/messages to Facebook and Twitter too.

Below I have listed two of my favorite tools to monitor online conversation.