twitter text commands

Twitter text commands are words you can type in order to get Twitter to perform a specific action like turning notifications off or on for specific users or for general messages to your phone. Some of the Twitter commands were pretty useful in the early days of Twitter but now that there are many Twitter clients which can perform similar actions, they don’t seem to be used by many people anymore. Apart from ‘@username’ or ‘d’ of course.

Still, if you’re using a mobile device like your phone or your favorite app, these text commands are a very quick way to perform specific tasks effectively. Here is a list of the twitter text comamnds, taken from Twitter’s support page.

Turning Twitter off and on: device notifications

  • ON: turns ALL phone notifications on.

  • OFF: turns ALL phone notifications off.

  • STOP, QUIT: stops all messages to your phone immediately

  • ON username: turns on notifications for a specific person on your phone. For example, ON alissa.

  • OFF username: turns off notifications for a specific person on your phone. For example, OFF blaine.
  • FOLLOW username: this command allows you to start receiving notifications for a specific person on your phone. Example: follow jeremy

  • LEAVE username: this command allows you to stop receiving notifications for a specific person on your phone. Example: leave benfu

Fun Stuff: friends, favorites, and stats!

There’s more to Twitter than OFF and ON! Use the commands below to send private messages, mark updates as favorites, or even remind someone to update their Twitter page if you’re wondering what they’re doing!
  • @username + message

    • directs a twitter at another person, and causes your twitter to save in their “replies” tab.
    Example: @meangrape I love that song too!

  • D username + message

    • sends a person a private message that goes to their device, and saves in their web archive.
    Example: d krissy want to pick a Jamba Juice for me while you’re there?

  • WHOIS username

    • retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter.
    Example: whois jack

  • GET username

    • retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person.
    Example: get goldman

  • NUDGE username

    • reminds a friend to update by asking what they’re doing on your behalf.
    Example: nudge biz

  • FAV username

    • marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it as a favorite if you’re receiving it in real time)
    Example: fav al3x

  • STATS

    • this command returns your number of followers, how many people you’re following, and which words you’re tracking.

  • INVITE phone number

    • will send an SMS invite to a friend’s mobile phone.
    Example: Invite 415 555 1212