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How to Send a Direct Message on Twitter. You can use your computer, phone, or other portable
device to transmit a message to someone on Twitter without everyone else in the Twitterverse
seeing it. You will need Twitter account and follower. Step 1. Open a Twitter account.
You can't send a direct message on Twitter unless you have an account. Step 2. Get someone
to follow your Twitter feed. Tell a friend or family member to follow you, or have a
celebrity alias. You can reply to a tweet sent by someone who doesn't follow you, but
you can't send a direct message unless they're following you. Step 3. Click on the account
of the person to whom you want to send a direct message. You can click their account from
their tweet to open a sidebar or you can click on their account in the Followers section
of your home sidebar. Step 4. Click on the Message button beneath the recipient's abbreviated
profile in the sidebar. The message window will pop up with a blinking cursor. Step 5.
Type your message with the confidence that no one else will see it. Be brief, though
-- you still only get 140 characters. Did you know As of 2010, the National Basketball
Association, at 2.1 million, had more twitter followers than any other professional sports
league.