How do you message people on twitter?

[Merrychildren585]

I have just signed up to twitter and i'm confused as to how you send someone a tweet? can someone explain please, Thanks.

[Candy Swirl]

Direct messages

[Luckydinner362]

well, you find out their username and put an @ in front of it
eg:
"@Sarah Hey!" or whatever
but you can sent private messages to anyone following you, through Direct Messages
i was really confused at first, but you get used to it

[Steph]

you can message people through direct message. to do this you have to be "following" them. to write the message go to where you put your "status updates" and put @ followed by their twitter name and then your message... so for example @hodgessteph hi how are you. they will recieve it in their direct message folder and be able to reply.