So Twitter decided to fix their replying system today.

"We've updated the Notices section of Settings to better reflect how folks are using Twitter regarding replies. Based on usage patterns and feedback, we've learned most people want to see when someone they follow replies to another person they follow—it's a good way to stay in the loop. However, receiving one-sided fragments via replies sent to folks you don't follow in your timeline is undesirable. Today's update removes this undesirable and confusing option.

The Importance of Discovery

Spotting new folks in tweets is an interesting way to check out new profiles and find new people to follow. Despite this update, you'll still see mentions or references linking to people you don't follow. For example, you'll continue to see, "Ev meeting with @biz about work stuff" even if you don't follow @biz. We'll be introducing better ways to discover and follow interesting accounts as we release more features in this space. " Small Settings Update

And it has been horrible. How are we supposed to socially network and what will happen to #followfridays? I think this is just a misguided move to save their costs on servers. It looks like Twitter didn't plan for people to follow in such great numbers; apparently, they neglected to look at MySpace.

This will be really frustrating if they don't bow down like facebook did and listen to their userbase. This evening most twitterers are bitter. I wonder if any will leave if Twitter doesn't listen?