Can people you mention see protected tweets?
If your Tweets are protected and you send a reply or mention, only those you’ve approved to view your Tweets will ever be able to see them. If you want to send Tweets such as mentions or replies to people who are not following you, unprotect your Tweets to make them public.
What does protected tweets mean?
When you protect your Tweets You’ll receive a request when new people want to follow you, which you can approve or deny. Your Tweets, including permanent links to your Tweets, will only be visible to your followers. Your followers will not be able to use the Retweet icon to Retweet or Retweet with comment.
What does mentions mean on Twitter?
A mention is a Tweet that contains another person’s username anywhere in the body of the Tweet. We collect these messages, as well as all your replies, in your Notifications tab. If you include multiple usernames in your Tweet, all of those people will see your Tweet in their Notifications tab.
What is a retweet?
A Retweet is a re-posting of a Tweet. Twitter’s Retweet feature helps you and others quickly share that Tweet with all of your followers. You can Retweet your own Tweets or Tweets from someone else. Sometimes people type “RT” at the beginning of a Tweet to indicate that they are re-posting someone else’s content.
Who sees my protected tweets?
Your protected Tweets will only be searchable on Twitter by you and your followers. Replies you send to an account that isn’t following you will not be seen by that account (because only your followers will see your Tweets).
What happens if you mention someone on a private account?
Private – When you tag someone in a post, who doesn’t follow you and you are having a private account, they won’t receive any notification whatsoever and won’t be able to view your post as you have restricted them by using a private account.
How do I stop someone from retweeting my tweets?
Changing your account’s privacy setting to “protected” allows only your followers to view your tweets. As a result, “protected” status also prevents anyone from retweeting your tweets.
Does protecting tweets protect likes?
Select “Security and Privacy.” Click on “Privacy” and check the box next to “Protect my Tweets.” Select “Protect” to make your likes, tweets, and replies to other people’s tweets visible to your followers only.
What is the difference between tag and mention?
A Facebook Mention is when you write a post or comment and include a person or page’s name within the text. A Facebook Tag is when you write a post and say you were with someone, or, you share an image and let Facebook know that one of the people in the picture is another Facebook user.
How do I see my twitter mentions?
Go to twitter.com in your web browser and log in with your account. Open your notification tab. Click on the Notifications from the top bar. Navigate to “Mentions”.
What is the point of retweeting?
In the most basic sense, a retweet offers a way to quickly share information while attributing the original source. As I wrote here, at times a retweet is “the online equivalent of a thumbs-up–‘Hey, that was clever’–or a pat on the back–‘See what cool thing my friend is doing!’ “