Twitter – Tweet me for an invite: does this mean direct messaging in Twitter

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I was instructed to tweet an admin for an invite:

there is an iot stack exchange, iot.stackexchange.com, currently in
private beta (tweet me @XXXX for an invite), where this would be
on-topic. I'm not sure if we can take migrations whils in private
beta..

Does this imply direct messaging? I could not do this because this person does not 'follow me'. Is there any other mechanism for 1:1 messaging or is the only option to tweet, where everyone would see the conversation?

Best Answer

Public tweet is the only option.