It's like adding a comment on a blog post. You're replying with your thoughts about that tweet. Then the person who published the first tweet can see what you said and maybe reply back to you too.
An @reply is any update posted by clicking the "Reply" button on a Tweet. Your reply will always begin with @username (insert username of the person you are replying to). Any Tweet that is a reply to you begins with your username and will show up in your Mentions tab on the Connect page. An @reply is any update posted by clicking the "Reply" button on a Tweet. Your reply will always begin with @username (insert username of the person you are replying to). Any Tweet that is a reply to you begins with your username and will show up in your Mentions tab on the Connect page.
Source: https://support.twitter.com/articles/14023-what-are-replies-and-mentions#
The person who made the tweet gets a notification in their connections that you replied to it and they have the option to retweet/favourite/reply to the tweet. Anyone that follows you can see the tweet you made to reply to the persons tweet and then may also retweet/favourite/reply if they wish so if you do not want people doing so you are better off direct messaging the person if possible.
@(the person's username) then your reply example: @ev yes, I am coming
Start your tweet with their username (@username) and then your tweet will appear in their @replies (or mentions) tab.
yes
I am not sure but this is what I want to know as well!
When you reply to someone (and therefore their username is in your tweet) it will appear in their 'mentions' tab (the @username tab on the right hand side).
yeah, i think so. just relpy to yourself like you would reply to someone else. sounds weird, but you know. :)
Yes they can see a reply if they click on their @replies. That's how you get to know peeps on Twitter!
By clicking on 'reply' or starting a tweet from scratch and starting it with their username (@username).
Send them a tweet and hope that they will reply/follow you.
you press reply....
Some do, some don't. They can't reply to everyone though.
You can choose to reply in any way you wish. You could say that yes, you are new, but you're enjoying it.
sometimes
Reece Mastin most of the time reply via twitter