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Only questions about the web app at X.com (or Twitter.com) are on-topic. X (formerly Twitter) is a social networking service that enables users to share short text messages, images, and videos in posts and like or repost other users' content.

X logo (formerly Twitter) is a social networking service that enables users to share short text messages, images, and videos in posts and like or repost other users' content. X also includes direct messaging, video and audio calling, bookmarks, lists and communities, and social audio feature Spaces.  source: Wikipedia: X (social network)

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How do I search within someone's tweets?

I remember Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror) had posted a tweet about a new website, but I can't seem to find the link. Is there any way I can search within someone's tweets to find that link?
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How do I search within a Twitter user's likes?

On X (formerly known as Twitter), is there an operator that allows you to search within a user's likes? Perhaps something like likes:username or list:username/likes, etc.?
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How can I follow someone on Twitter without them knowing?

Is it possible to follow someone on Twitter without them knowing?
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How can I backup all of my tweets?

Is there a way to download a backup of all of my own tweets, in case Twitter ever goes down for good?
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How do I find the most liked tweet from an account?

Is it possible to find the most liked tweet from a public Twitter account? For example, what is the most liked @StackOverflow tweet?
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How do I connect Google+ with Twitter?

I want my Google+ account to be automatically updated when I post a tweet on Twitter.
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How did this guy hack Twitter's 140-character limit?

Today I was surprised to see that a guy has hacked Twitter's 140-character limit. The message consists of 930 characters. How could this be possible? The direct link to this tweet is here. For convenience, I'm copying the screenshot of full tweet…
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How do I find my retweets of a certain account?

On twitter, @Someone shared something interesting and I retweeted it. Some time passes, and now I want to read it again. Problem is, I tweeted and retweeted lots of other stuff, and also @someone also tweeted loads of different stuff. My retweets of…
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Is there a way to get email notifications when someone tweets?

I would like to know if there is any way in which I can get email notifications when only "specific" people tweet on Twitter. Further, would it be possible to filter these alerts based on some hashtags or specific words that they use?
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Why do some people start their tweets with a dot?

Nowadays in my Twitter feed I have started seeing Tweets with a preceding . (dot) in them. I don't know why they do so. Here is such an example. Why are they wasting their one character for .? Especially if they already have a limit of 140…
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What does 'MT' mean in Twitter?

I keep seeing 'MT' used in much the same way that 'RT' is frequently used. What is the difference? Should I be using 'MT'?
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How do I search within a Twitter list?

That is, I have created a Twitter list with some 100 members and would like to search for a particular word within all users of the list.
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How can I throttle an over talkative person I'm following on Twitter without unfollowing?

In my stream of people I'm following usually one person tweets way more often than everyone else. How can I restrict the feed to show just a representative sample, or a maximum number of tweets per day? I'm pretty sure it would take a 3rd party…
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Is there a way to filter out retweets?

Too many people are retweeting to the point that I get sick of reading the same stuff again and again. How can I filter out retweets?
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How can I get Twitter videos to continue playing even after their tab has lost focus?

One feature that I really like on Facebook is that I can start a video playing and then do other things. I can switch to a different tab and I will continue to listen to the video's audio playing while I'm interacting with other websites entirely.…
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