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Twitter seems to have blocked me from sending DM's - its time to go back to old fashioned SMS, that is after I have tweet about it :) – Glenn Jones on twitter
@glennjones only ones with links. It's an odd blanket rule - http://readwrite.com/2013/10/16/twitter-direct-messages-dm-links-blocked-spam… – Ben Collier on twitter

@ben_c not sure now a missed that change, no URLs in DMs - See why they did it, but its a lazy solution, time to use something else

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@glennjones when DMs have a two way follow requirement it doesn't make sense. But as they're opening it up for everyone it needs something – Ben Collier on twitter
@glennjones really needs better user feedback. On web says there's an error then whole message lost – Ben Collier on twitter
@ben_c Yes, the error on chrome tweetdeck is "Failed Woops! You have already said that" cc @Cennydd @andyhume – Glenn Jones on twitter