[Stevolution]

I've been sending out a mixture of

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you: yeah inside. what are you up to?

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and some more personalised second messages, for example,

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Yeah, inside. John Cleese is a legend of course, but he's seemed to lose his funny since his appearance on 3rd Rock From The Sun, don't you agree?

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I made that up, but you get the idea. The second option is working better than the first, especially if they are offline when you send it. The first option has a low success rate UNLESS they are online at the time, in which case it usually elicits a response.