You can perform certain actions, like following or marking a friend’s update as a favorite, by using the designated Twitter commands?  Use the commands listed below from your phone, the web update box, or your favorite third party application.

When using these commands make sure that you DO NOT USE @ along with it. For example, if you want to turn on device notifications send only ON and not @ON. Similarly, if you want to stop getting updates from Twitter Send ‘STOP’ and Not ‘@STOP’. If you send these commands with an @, it will be considered as an username and will not be executed as expected!

Device Notification: Turning Twitter ON/OFF…..

ON: Turns ALL phone notifications on.

OFF, STOP, QUIT, End, Cancel, Arret or Unsubscribe: Turns ALL phone notifications off. 

ON <username>: Turns on notifications for a specific person on your phone. For example, ON gr8_arshad . 

OFF <username>: Turns off notifications for a specific person on your phone. For example, OFF blaine . 

FOLLOW <username>: This command allows you to start following a specific user, as well as receive SMS notifications. Example: follow kit_kforce_d43 . 

LEAVE <username>: This command allows you to stop following a specific user, as well as stop receiving SMS notifications. Example: leave benfu .

Fun Stuff: friends, favorites, and stats!

There’s more to Twitter than OFF and ON! Use the commands below to send private messages, mark updates as favorites, or even remind someone to update their Twitter page if you’re wondering what they’re doing!
  • @<username> + message : Directs a twitter at another person, and causes your twitter to save in their “replies” tab.
    Example: @tweetglobal10 I love that song too!
  • RT <username> : Retweet’s a users latest Tweet
  • D <username> + message : Sends a person a private message that goes to their device, and saves in their web archive.
    Example: D krissy want to pick a Jamba Juice for me while you’re there?
  • FAV <username> : Marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite and causes the message to show up in your “Favorites” tab.
  • SET LOCATION <placename> : Sets Location i.e. Updates the location field in your profile. Example: set location san francisco 
  • WHOIS <username> :Retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter. Example: whois jack
  • GET <username> :Retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person. Example: get goldman
  • FAV <username> :Marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it as a favorite if you’re receiving it in real time) Example: fav al3x
  • STATS :This command returns your number of followers, how many people you’re following, and your bio information.
  • INVITE <phone number> :Will send an SMS invite to a friend’s mobile phone. Example: Invite 415 555 1212

This information has been collected from the official Twitter Support Site…

Any comments/ratings/suggestion/queries are welcome and will be appreciated!