twitter problems please help?

[barmycow1]

ok right twitter confuses me! if im following someone but they are not following me (like a celebrity for example) can they read my tweets or can i send them a message? or do they have to follow me? if so how can you ask them to follow you? itssss sooooo confusing lol.

[David D]

If you prefix a message with @their_id then it will show up in their list of @ messages.

You cannot send them a direct message.

You can try going: "@their_id oh, please follow me, I'm sure everything I say will be of interest to you", but you'd probably be wrong.

[knowguy]

They cannot read your tweets unless they follow you in the same manner. You can ask them to follow you when you tweet them first, but it is unlikely that they will.