Basics of new twitter

The Very Basics of

Write your message in 140 characters and

press Tweet

http://heidiallen.id.au

Add a picture (avatar) and a bio that describes you and your

interests


If you’re on LinkedIn or Blog, add that too so peole know who

you are


To find people type in the search bar and click on the

green plus to follow


Note that you can search people or tweets

Or start by following

those your friends are following


To look at someone’s profile click on their

name


Twitter replies start with @Name and are to that

person


My tweet

Sean’s reply

People following me and Sean will see this conversation

So, to replyuse the @ before the

name of person

http://heidiallen.id.auor click on reply

A retweet is to tweet something someone has

already written


A Direct Message (DM) is a private message that no-one

else sees.You can only DM people who

are following you back.


You can see any mentions of you under

@mentions and also see any Retweets (RT)

If you really like a tweet you can favourite it to keep it to go back to

A # is a way you can label tweets that makes them easier

to search for


Some of the shorthand:

Apps: Applications Avatar: Your twitter pictureDM: Direct MessageIMHO: In my humble opinionKtxbai: OK Thanks ByeLOL: Laugh out LoudLMAO: Laughing My Ass OffRT: Re-tweetSrlsly: Seriously!


At first....

...you feel like the new kid at school. Everyone else knows

each other. Keep at it, find some people you

are interested in. Chances are they have

something to learn from you too.

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Basics of new twitter