I want to use @-mentions in my automated Twitter feed but I know there are limits to how many mentions I can use without running into trouble. I also believe that mentions can be ‘Ok’ if the person being mentioned has in some way allowed/acknowledged/approved the use of their Twitter handle in my feed.
I want to know how this can be done?
How can I get a person to give that approval and how can I demonstrate that approval has been given? Is it simply a case that if the person follows me I can ‘mention’ them more often? Is there still a limit?
If someone could point me to the rules around this I’d appreciate it.
Ok, a bit of reading later, here’s what I’m getting:
Generally, limits can be automatically looked-up using this
GET application/rate_limit_status
endpoint. But this does not apply to the counting of @-mentions as that is not a limit but rather a spam restriction measure?
So I could ‘mention’ only people who follow me, but will that make definitely sure that I won’t be banned? 
Ok, here’s the official/last word on the subject, including how you can get permission if you have good reason to @-mention people:
From the Twitter employee:
And from the documentation:
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