Complete List of Twitter Commands – As of March 14, 2008
Off Turn off all messages to you. Sending it twice will even silence direct messages.
On Will turn the messages on again.
On username turns on notifications for a specific person
Off username turns off notifications for a specific person
Follow username this command allows you to start receiving notifications for a specific person
Leave username this command allows you to stop receiving notifications for a specific person
@username + message Send Reply to a specific user. If the user doesn’t follow you, replies end up in Replies tab.
d username + message Sends a person a direct message. These messages do not appear in public timeline.
Whois username retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter.
Get username retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person.
Nudge username reminds a friend to update
Fav username marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite
Stats this command returns your number of followers, how many people you’re following, and which words you’re tracking.
Invite will send an SMS invite to a friend’s mobile phone. Example: Invite 415 555 1212
track word starts tracking a word
untrack word: stops tracking a word
untrack all stops tracking all words
track off stops tracking all words
track returns a list of words you’re tracking
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