Tweet, tweet, tweet…
Twitter’s Comeback
Do you tweet? Our President does. If you know how to use Twitter, you can stay on this post for the videos or just come back next week. Below, you’ll find a short and quick guide I put together for some friends on February 14th, 2012. I love finding these written posts. Twitter is on people’s minds a lot these days, largely in part because of the President. I’ve shared to videos below along with the unedited guide I created just over five years ago.
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Ippy’s Guide to Twitter
Twitter Basics:
Here’s the down and dirty on how to use twitter.
If your account is private (which doesn’t make much sense) then anything you say, the world can see. Its like sending a text to the world.
However:
-No one can comment on what you said.
-if they reply, it won’t show on your “wall” unless you “retweet” it
-when you add #, that is the topic your talking about, for example: “I can’t wait to get home from work and party #tgif” — in this example, #tgif is the topic.
Furthermore, if you click on #tgif (by adding the # sign, it becomes a twitter link) you can see what other people are talking about — it is almost like being in a big chat room. Its a global conversation about #tgif.
Twitter also has what they call “Trending Topics”. With trending topics you see what people are talking about at that moment. So let’s say the premiere of Jersey Shore is on, because so many people will be tweeting about it, it would become a trending topic #jerseyshore. The twitter feed can look something like this:
@guy1: I hate #jerseyshore
@guy2: I can’t believe #jerseyshore is on its 3rd season
@girl1: @guy2 I can and I love it #jerseyshore
@girl2: Jersey Shore sucks!
@girl3: #Jerseyshore FISTPUMP!!
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And it would keep going and refreshes every 30 seconds or so.Notice, to talk to someone, you put @then-their-name. You don’t have to be following each other to do so.
That completes this brief tutorial for twitter.
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