What is a Twitter short code?
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What is a Twitter short code?
It works by tying your cell phone number to your Twitter account. To post a tweet, you can send an SMS message to a special “short code” number (in the US, it’s 40404).
What is a text from 40404?
Twitter is said to use “40404” short code to send marketing texts. The same code is also used by Twitter to notify its users regarding their Twitter account activities.
What is a short code text number?
A short code is a 5 or 6 digit phone number that is used by organizations to send text messages at scale. People opt into SMS marketing programs by texting a word or phrase known as a “keyword” to a short code. They are specifically meant to be shorter than normal phone numbers to make the opt in process easier.
What does valid short code mean?
A ‘valid short code’ is one that is licensed to an SMS service provider for commercial use. It would be used in conjunction with a ‘keyword’ to differentiate messaging from different businesses.
How do I use Twitter short codes?
By way of SMS on any phone in the United States, you can get alerts from anyone on Twitter. This is true even if you don’t have a Twitter account. All you have to do is text “follow TWITTERNAME” to Twitter’s shortcode, 40404, and you will start getting realtime updates.
How do you get a Twitter code?
To generate a new backup code through your Twitter app:
- Go to your Settings and privacy (on an iOS device, tap your profile icon; on an Android device, tap the navigation menu icon or your profile icon).
- Tap Account, then tap Security.
- Tap Backup code.
Why did Twitter send me a code?
A backup code is automatically generated for you when you turn on two-factor authentication through your iOS or Android Twitter app.
Can you still text 40404?
The ability to tweet via text was important to Twitter in the service’s early days, but it’s more of a legacy feature at this point since most people rely on the smartphone app. The feature still exists, though, allowing you to text a number, such as 40404, and have that message posted to your account.
How do I get a short code?
For most SMS marketing software providers, texting “HELP” to the short code will reset the wireless carrier associated with your mobile phone number. If you text “HELP” to the SMS short code and receive a text message response, you’re now able to receive short code messages from that short code.
Why do I keep getting Twitter authentication codes?
Backup codes are automatically generated for Twitter users when they enable 2FA fort heir accounts using the iOS or Android Twitter app. They can also be generated using the Twitter app by going to Settings and privacy > Account > Security and then tapping on Backup code.
How do I skip Twitter phone verification?
Go to “Account and Settings” on the left. This will take you to “Login Verification.” You will see an option to turn off login verification. This will make sure that Twitter will not confirm your additional information like phone number while logging in.