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On IFTTT, the @-sign is cut from queued tweets in an RSS feed. How to resolve?

I've set up an IFTTT where an RSS feed is checked for new items. If new items exist, they are tweeted through a particular Twitter account. This works well, except that references to other Twitter accounts, using the @-sign, are culled, in that the @-sign is removed.

So, if my queued tweet is this:

"A shoutout to @someone."

IFTTT actually publishes this:

"A shoutout to someone."

This is not desirable behaviour. How to make this work as intended?

Solution

  • This is because automated @mentions are against the Twitter automation policy, IFTTT knows this, and strips them out.