[Tutorial] How to get Ayu to reply to you on Twitter

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I've gotten tons of people asking me how I got Ayu to reply to me so much (I've gotten four so far, five if you count the one that was retweeted by CMJK), so I thought I would help you guys out a little.

1.) This is the most important rule: PAY ATTENTION TO WHEN SHE TWEETS. A lot of people I've seen don't do this, and just tweet her randomly throughout the day. Chances are, with the exception of Max who she's following, the only Tweets she'll see are the ones she's getting from people who see that she IS on at that moment. To make catching her easier, I recommend downloading something called TweetDeck. You'll get notifications as soon as people (most notably Ayu) Tweet. I also recommend making a list JUST for Ayu so you don't miss any of her tweets amongst the people you're already following and vise-versa.

2.) This may seem trivial, but it helps if you have a good username. Ayu has over 100,000 followers now. She's not gonna remember the people with usernames like "ayu24959" etc. I got lucky in that my username is one of her songs EXACTLY, and I think that's why I got the replies that I did. Do your best and make yourself stand out to her.

3.) Going with what I said above about standing out, the last reply that I got from her, she noticed I changed my picture, so I think she can view our profile photos too. So in addition to your username, try to have a unique picture as well. Having pictures of Ayu herself will probably creep her out.

4.) AYU'S ONLINE! What do I do now? Simple: spam her like mad. A lot of people (myself included) are feeling bad about this, but really, when you think about it, Ayu's got over 100,000 followers. I can't IMAGINE how many Tweets she gets when she's online, so chances are, if you only send one, it'll get buried probably instantly.

5.) Even though we're spamming her, don't send her stupid Tweets. If she DOES happen to notice you, you don't want it to be something stupid like "AYUAYUAYUAYUAYUAYU!" Make it something interesting to her that she'll wanna reply to if she does happen to see it. Even if you have to send her the same Tweet 20 different times for her to see it once, don't worry about it, because like I said, you'll probably get buried pretty quickly unless you do this.

6.) Unless you know Japanese, I would NOT recommend Tweeting to her in Japanese, especially if you're using Google translation. Google SUCKS and will most likely make her go wtf - like CMJK did with me, lol. Clearly, Ayu knows English, and she even said the Twitter was to help her speak to us in it, so use it!

7.) Most importantly, don't give up! Remember how many followers she has now. I'm pretty sure my first two replies I only got because she had 50,000 at the time (plus I mentioned A WORLD IS ONE). Don't let this discourage you; it just means you have to try twice as hard.

Feel free to discuss your own strategies here as well, and if you have any questions, just ask!

Good luck everyone!

EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention: if you're using TweetDeck, go to the settings -> colors/font and make sure international font is checked off down at the bottom. This is so you can see Japanese characters; otherwise when Ayu writes something in Japanese, it'll just turn up blank.