Twitter changed their policy for @replies today, and [people are mad][kottke]. I’m with them. The [#fixreplies tag is currently getting around 60 messages per second, according to Twitter search][link].
[link]: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23fixreplies “#fixreplies – Twitter Search”
[kottke]: http://www.kottke.org/09/05/every-tweet-is-precious “Kottke: Every Tweet is Precious”