If you’ve ever wanted to have a private conversation on Twitter with just a group of people (instead of the whole world) then Privately is for you. Privately is a mixture of threaded group conversations and DMs. Conversations can only be seen by users who have been invited and replies are displayed chronological order.
Once you sign in via your Twitter account, you’ll want to set your preferences. You can enter your email so that you can receive notifications and use your Gravatar. Using your Gravatar is optional, if not selected Privately will use your Twitter avatar instead. You can also set your notification frequency preference. If you want to know ASAP when new messages arrive, then it’s best to choose every hour.
There are no special features about the site, you simply enter the username(s) that you want to start a conversation with and enter your message. Once started, you can add replies just by entering your message (no need for @mentions). You can also mute conversations that may be getting on your nerves.
Privately is currently an invite-only beta site, but it doesn’t take long to receive an invite. Another way to get an invite is to have a registered user start a conversation with you. Once registered, you will receive 10 invites and for every unregistered user that you start a conversation with, it will use up one of your invitations. When you start a conversation, a DM is sent out from your Twitter account to the user(s) with a link to it.
I love the simplicity of Privately. It eliminates the need to join yet another site just to have private conversations with your Twitter friends. It will be nice to see how the site is improved in the future.
If you would like to give Privately a try, you can send me an @mention and I’ll start a conversation with you; currently I have 7 invites left.
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