"Everyone can reply" opens it up to the world
"People you follow" ensures that people you've selected are only able to reply
"People you've mentioned" means just that - specfically.
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Facebook is where you learn you don't like a lot of the people you know. Twitter is where you learn to like people you don't know already.
— Amanda Orson (@amandaorson) August 2, 2012
Back of the napkin math - over the last year I've referred (or retained) $500k+ worth of business to contacts in my network.
— Amanda Orson (@amandaorson) November 16, 2016
literally have a folder of dozens of my fav screenshotted tweets on consumer social product stuff...and @nikitabier is well represented
— Adam O'Kane \U0001f4ad (@adamokane) February 13, 2021