Twitter The Basics. What is Twitter? Tweets are: 140 characters or less Quick to follow and view updates Used to share links, photos, videos, music,hot.

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Twitter The Basics

What is Twitter? Tweets are: 140 characters or less Quick to follow and view updates Used to share links, photos, videos, music,hot topics – all in real-time A social network used to post, or tweet, short, public messages to friends

Sign-up! Create [keep it short and clear] Write your bio. [160 characters or less. Use them wisely.] Include a link to your website, blog, or other social profile Include a picture or people will think you’re spam!

Tweet, Tweet Tweets are your updates - post photos, videos, links to share. These are public. Use a URL shortener and get the most out of those 140 characters [try

Twitter Vocab direct message (DM): the only version of the tweet that is private, between yourself and another user retweet: repost content that someone has already tweeted, giving them credit. (eg. This a fun interview)hootwatch reply: responding to someone’s tweet, starting a conversation mention: someone may retweet or include you in a tweet

Follow us People, friends, groups you choose to follow show up on your timeline. Followers are those who follow you! Find people you already know. Follow someone interesting, that you may have a few things in common with. Using a twitter directory might help. [try wefollow.com]wefollow.com

Trend Topics Hot topics and keywords that are most tweeted and searched hashtag: Include the “#” before a word (eg. #immigration). Your tweet will join the stack of tweets saved under that hashtag. Anyone can start a hashtag but they only become widely used when they start getting passed around successfully. [try search.twitter.com to find topics]search.twitter.com

Search twitter for people and trends View your profile Click to write a new tweet..or enter a new tweet here shortened url hashtags and trending topics Your timeline, mentions, and retweets who you’re following & your followers Change your profile settings