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TWITTERBASICSTwitterencouragesfrequentupdates,engagementandretweetingcontent.ItisadvisabletologintoyourTwitteraccountatleastonceperdaysothatyoumaypostandrespondwithimmediacy.
TYPESOFMESSAGESTherearethreetypesofmessagesyoucansendorreceive–atweet,areplyandadirectmessage.
Note:Twitterplacesamaximumof140characterspermessage.Thischaractercountappliestoallletters,numbers,spaces,linksandhashtagsandalltypesofmessages.Asyoutypeyourmessagethenumberofcharacterswillautomaticallybecountedinthemessagebox–thenumbershownwillcountbackwardsfrom140.1. ATweet:Atweetisapublicmessagedirectedtonooneinparticular,andeveryoneseesit.Simplyclickthequillfeathericonintheupperright-handsideofyourcomputerscreen,smartphoneortablet,typeyourmessageandclick/taptheTWEETbuttonandeveryonewhoviewsyourprofile,andanyonewhofollowsyouwillseeyourmessage.YoucanalsocomposeatweetontheleftofyourcomputerscreenjustbelowyourprofileimageontheHOMEtab.
2. AReply:ATwitterreplyissometimescalleda@reply,tagormention.Specifically,areplyisapublicmessagedirectedtowardsomeonespecific,butthismessageisstillviewablebyanyonewhovisitsyourprofileandanyonewhofollowsyou.RepliescanbemadedirectlytoatweetbyclickingthebyclickingtheREPLYicondirectlybelowamessage.3. ADirectMessage:AdirectmessageisfrequentlyreferredtoasaDM.DMsareprivatemessagessentthroughTwitterfromoneusertoanotherandotherthanthepersonwhosendsthemessageandthepersonwhoreceivesit,no
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oneelsecanseeit.Adirectmessagecanbecomposedwithineitherofthecomposeatweetoptionsbytypingtheletter“D”followedbyaspace,followedbythenameofthepersontowhomthemessagewillbesent.ADMmayalsobesentbyclickingtheenvelopeiconintheupperrightsideofyourcomputerscreenoronthebottombarofyourmobileapplication.
WHERETOREADYOURMESSAGES1. TweetspostedbypeopleyoufollowwillbevisibleonyourTwitterprofileHOMEtab–alsoreferredtoasyourtimeline.Everytweetpublishedbyapersonyoufollowwillappearinreversechronologicalorderonyourhomepageathttp://www.twitter.com/yourusername.Themoreusersyoufollow,themoremessagesthatwillappearonyourtimelinewhichcansometimesprovetobechallengingtotracktweets.2. Replies:Because@repliesarepubliclyviewablemessages,repliestoyourtweetswillbevisibleonyourtimelinejustlikeanyothertweetpeopleyoufollowsend.Dependingonhowmanypeopleyoufollow,andhowoftentheytweet,itishighlylikelythatyouwillmissrepliesbecausetheyarehidingonpage2or37.TheeasiestwaytoseeyourrepliesistoviewyourNOTIFICATIONStab.Thistabislocatedontheupper-leftsideofyourcomputerscreenoronthebottombarofyourmobileapp.
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WhenusingTwitteronyourcomputeryouwillbeabletofilteryourtagsintwoways–byanyonewho@repliesyouorby@repliesbyonlythoseyoufollow.AnyonewhohasaTwitteraccountcantagyou,notjustyourfollowersorpeopleyoufollow.UsingTwitterfromyourcomputeralsoallowsyoutofilteryournotificationsfromyourmentions.Notificationsareactionsdonebyotheruserstoyourtweets,i.e.favoritingorretweeting.Thementionsfilterwillsimplyshowyoualistofyour@replies.ItisgoodpracticetocheckyourNOTIFICATIONStabonaregularbasisfortworeasons:
• Someonemaybeaskingyouaquestionandawaitingananswer.• Someonemaybecommentingonsomethingyousaidandyoumightwanttoconsideraresponse.
3.Directmessagessenttoyoucanbeviewedbyclickingtheenvelopeiconfoundontheupperrightsideofyourcomputerscreenoronthebottombarofyourmobileapplication.Unlikerepliesandtags,onlythoseusersyoufollowANDwhofollowyoubackcansendyouaDM.HASHTAGSOnTwitter(andothersocialmediaoutlets)apoundsign–orhash–whenputinfrontofanywordorphraseautomaticallyturnsthatgroupsofwordsintoasearchablelink.Thisallowsthecontentpostedtobetrackableandorganizedbythosekeywords.IfyouclickahashtagwithinTwitter,youwillbeabletoseeallpostsrefrencingthattopicifthehashtagwasused.Hashtagsareagreatwaytofosterdialogue.#HashtaggingTips!
• Spacesandpuncutationarenotsupportedinhashtags.Evenifyourhashtagcontainsmultiplewords,groupthemaltogether–nospacesandnopunctuationincludingampersands.
• Insteadofspaces,usecapitalletterstodistinguishbetweenwords.Usingcapitalletterswillnotinterferewiththesearchability,organizationand/ortrackabilityofhashtags.#UDenver150iscategorizedthesameas#udenver150.
• Multiplehashtagscanbeusedinonetweet.It’sbesttousenomorethanthreehashtagsinasingletweet.
• Ifyoucreateahashtag,publicizeit.Includeitinyourmarketingmaterials,emailsignatureandTwitterprofile.RETWEETSRetweetingissimplysharingtweetspublishedbyotherusersthatyoufindinterestingonyourownprofile.YoumayretweetcontentpostedonTwitterwhethertheuserfollowsyouornot,andwhetherornotyoufollowthatuser–aslongassaidaccountsarepubllic.Therearetwowaysretweetingcanhappen–directlyandindrectly.1. DirectRetweets:Directlyretweetingisthesimplermethodofthetwowaystoretweet.DirectretweetsaredonebysimplyclickingtheRETWEETiconatthebottomofanytweet.OnceyouclicktheRETWEETicon,youwillbeaskedifyouwanttosendthismessagetoyourfollowers.OncetheRETWEETbuttonisclicked,themessageisautomaticallypostedpubliclyonyourprofile.Note:ThenumberoftimesaposthasbeenretweetedwillbeindicatedadjacenttotheRETWEETiconatthebottomofthetweet.2. IndirectRetweets:Indirectlyretweetingissimplycopyingandpastingamessageintoyourowncomposebox.Togivecredittotheorginalpublisherofthetweet,RTisputinfrontofthemessage.Thistypeofretweetingissometimesusefulwhenreplyingtomessagesandyouwanttoretaintheorginalcontentand/orconversationstream.
FOLLOWERSAnyTwitterusermayfollowanypublicTwitteraccount.Thismeansaslongasyouraccountispublic,anyonecanfollowyouandyoumayfollowanypublicTwitteraccount.Whenitcomestofollowing,followaccountsthatinterestyou.ThereareseveralwaystofindpeopletofollowonTwitter:
• UseTwitter’sWHOTOFOLLOWfeature.Thisislocatedontherighthandsideofthecomputerscreen.Youcanalsofindfollowsuggestionswithinmobileapps.
• Followotherfollowees.Ifthereisauserthatyouenjoy,lookatwhotheyarefollowingandseeifanyofthoseaccountsinterstyou.
• UsethesearchfeatureonTwittertofindusersandtopicsthatinterstyou.YoucansearchbyTwitterhandle,name,hashtagortopic.Thesearchbarislocatedatthetopofthescreenonyourcomputerandwithinthemagnifyingglassicononmobiledevices.