question about twitter ?

[Peanutsandy]

ive just signed up with twitter and i kinda understand it but when you write a tweet to someone such as @idolscott (scott macintyre) do they receive it and can read it or not ?

thanks

[themanbeast9]

Yes, it is called an @ reply. They do not receive it the same way they would receive a direct message. Instead, they click on a link that shows them all the @ reply's referring to them. So yes, they can read it.