Comments on: Protect your Tweets?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:02:18 +0000

Yes that’s how it works. See the explanation here: https://support.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/14016

If it makes you feel any better, most celebs won’t read tweets coming non-famous guys like us anyway. :-)

By: Sammzz

Sammzz — Tue, 24 May 2011 06:24:18 +0000

So does it mean if my account is protected all the celebs I am following will have to follow me back so that they can read my tweet… If they don’t they won’t be able to see @reply or @mention??

By: Gabe

Gabe — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:16:28 +0000

Well you’ll find out soon ’cause I just sent you one. :-)

By: Miz Kellie

Miz Kellie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:13:56 +0000

I meant Ex-Boyfriend duh! Lol its okay Gabe! But I do want to say, although my tweets are protected, I’m worth that click for a friend request. My tweets will be public again some day soon, this is just a publicity stunt and to keep these stalker ex’s away! N I found this post by searching google, I was trying to find out if someone DOES send me a request where will I receive it?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:01:27 +0000

Sorry to hear about your boyfriend Miz Kellie. Good luck.

By: Miz Kellie

Miz Kellie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:44:14 +0000

See.. I have never ever protected my tweets before. I have over 4,000 followers and I try to follow just about anyone whom I would be interested in as well as some of the most popular celebrities that I am interested with. I currently follow 1,000 tweeties. I’m told I am a “Twitter Celebrity” and since most of my fans believe in this so much, I have found myself accepting it. I am an Entertainer, an Actress and I’m also a big deal in the Music Industry.. and all of my followers know that I tweet SO much that it lands me in Twitterjail. I just recently protected my tweets because of a STALKER boyfriend. : ) Make sure you follow me!

By: Peter Bryenton

Peter Bryenton — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 18:33:40 +0000

Thanks for this article.

I protect my Tweets because there are laws in the UK which apply to my highly privileged position as a teacher of vulnerable children. I need to be seen to adhere to a professional code of conduct which is beyond reproach. That means managing my on line presence as carefully as I can. For this reason I chose to close my Facebook account recently.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:43:40 +0000

Hi Tahirah,

It’s been a while since I wrote this post so I am not sure of the answer. The bottom line is that I wrote it a year ago and still get people finding it by typing in “how to read protected tweets”. This tells me that people are for whatever reason still very interested in reading these tweets. You may want to search that term and test if the methods still work. But if you are doing it only to ward bots off, I would bet that will do the trick.

By: Tahirah

Tahirah — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:34:53 +0000

Twitter settings under “Account” state that “future” tweets will be protected,so I’m not surprised that you were able to see tweets Gabe, or did you see some of those “future” tweets also? I’ve been getting a lot of bots lately so i’m protecting my tweets for now and doing the tedious task of look at the requested user’s timeline before i accept their request. Most likely i’ll unprotect my acct later, it’s just annoying

By: runnrgrl

runnrgrl — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:17:43 +0000

A follower sent me a link to this article. This evening, I have been debating and discussing the pros + cons of changing my account to protected. You see for me, I love twitter because i have found a rich and robust community of runners and athletes around the world. I have a very public profile in the real world so i protect my real name. I also block local followers that I know. Its odd but its true – simply because i do not want any association between my tweets and my professional life. I also have a very well known family. Being anonymous has served me well and i’ve *met* so many terrific people. I love the opportunity to express myself on my blog as well so the two are related.

However lately, i’ve been receiving alot of unwanted attention/comments from men – the creepers. its starting to get to me. one local fellow who i know and see everyday and who i’ve asked to not try to follow me by email has now tried three times. I just blocked him again. So, this situation has made me rethink the openness of my tweets although i am anonymous.

havent’ decided yet, but i’m thinking about it.
thanks for the opportunity to give another perspective. children are vulnerable and so too are all of us from sinister or unwanted attentions. its a tough one because i love 99% of the ppl i talk to on twitter.