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1:32 pm
January 21, 2013
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QuoteAs of two days ago, when I try to send a direct message to folks on Twitter after they follow, I get an error message that says "sorry, an error occurred while sending this message"
I found an article on google http://mashable.com/2013/10/17.....nk-glitch/ that mentions a recent Twitter update that doesn't allow links in direct messages unless your account is verified. Does anyone have any ideas? Most of the traffic I get from Twitter comes from the link to the squeeze page in the direct message after someone follows. Thanks in advance for any help or ideas!
Darrell
11:35 pm
June 7, 2011
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Hey Darrell,
Looks like Twitter just changed their rules in terms of links in DMs. This is just a few days old so the dust is still settling. Here is a link to an article about it: http://www.digitaltrends.com/s.....ks-in-dms/
Have you tried removing the http://www.? It won't be hyperlinked, but my guess is that copying and pasting a url won't slow people down too dramatically. Try and let me know how it effects things.
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2:11 pm
January 21, 2013
OfflineJohn,
That still leaves it linked, as does http://delanastevens.net
What I ended up doing was typing it as delanastevens DOT net
and that works. Definitely not preferred, but I guess it's better than not sending it at all.
10:48 pm
June 7, 2011
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Good to know, and agreed. Let us know how this effects your conversions.
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5:36 pm
April 11, 2013
OfflineHi!
They seem to have changed it back, so links are allowed again.
-Elmo
8:46 pm
June 7, 2011
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Awesome, that will make a lot of people happy.
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6:14 am
June 10, 2011
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Here's how I've been negotiating that issue. They will allow a link on your home page (you can see what mine looks like at: Tweets by charleylanger) AND they also allow you to send a link to a Twitter page in a DM. So my messages are variations on:
Nice to meet you! I've got a free copy of my single for you at the link on my profile page: Tweets by charleylanger
It seems to be working ok. Not as well as it used to work when I could send people directly. But, I think people are most likely to click a mouse twice than type in a URL.
8:26 am
June 10, 2011
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Well...ok...things continue to change! LOL! Welcome to the weird and wonderful web!! My DMs started getting rejected again. Now it seems that they don't like the https://twitter.com part of the link. They are ok with @charleylanger, and the user name does convert to a clickable link. Again, being clickable is key, IMHO. So, I now do variations on:
Nice to meet you! I've got a free copy of my single for you at the link on my profile page. @charleylanger
Hope this makes sense...
1:22 am
June 7, 2011
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Thanks Charley. i do hear from a lot of people that have success just typing mysite (dot) com. If people are interested enough I'd expect a good chunk to take the two seconds. Might be less confusing then hoping they will figure out what link you are referring to.
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