>>38103
ty for the clue

4. Use "The .@TwitterHandle Tweet"
.@TwitterHandle [REST OF TWEET]

If you put someone's Twitter handle at the very beginning of your tweet, Twitter assumes you're @replying to that person -- so they omit that tweet from showing up on your Twitter followers' feeds. While this is usually a good thing (otherwise, your feed might get taken over by @reply tweets), there may be times when you want your followers to see that tweet on their feeds. To do that, simply add a period right before their Twitter handle.