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How to sign up and get started on

A beginner's how-to guide by @camila_espina

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1. Go to the twitter website and fill out initial sign up fields:

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2. Choose an available username and create account

[email protected]

*twitter will automatically let you know which username is available.

*Your username is also your “twitter handle.”

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3. Twitter will provide a basic functions walkthrough:

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*twitter will prompt you to follow popular celebrities or brands to get started.

*to follow simply click this icon.

*”following” means that you will receive the messages people tweet and be able to read them in your “timeline”

*accounts with this symbol simply mean that it is a verified entity – for example, that is the “real” CNN twitter account

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*This is what it looks like when you’re already following another user.

*This is what it looks like when you don’t follow a user.

*This is what it looks like when you put your cursor over the “following” button – if you click, you will “unfollow” that user and won’t be receiving their tweets anymore.

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4. Search contacts and start following!

*If you clicked “skip this step” when twitter suggested following popular accounts, a new window will appear prompting you to find people you want to follow.

*You can also search for your contacts from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and AOL.

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5. Upload a picture and fill out your bio

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Tweet box: where you’ll compose your tweets

*This is how your twitter “home” page will look like

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Your name and profile picture

How many tweets you’ve posted, how many people you’re following and how many people follow you

*This is your “timeline”

Trending topics

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*to view your interactions click here

*your interactions show the latest people who’ve:- Started following you.-“Retweeted” one of your posts.-“Mentioned” you in a tweet.

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What is a “retweet”? *A retweet is sharing a tweet. You can share someone’s tweet or they can share yours.

*There are 2 ways to retweet someone: 1. Put your cursor over someone’s tweet and the “Expand” “Reply” “Retweet” “Favorite” buttons will appear, click retweet.

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2. Copy the tweet you want to retweet into your tweet box, place an “RT” and @(the twitter handle of the person you’re retweeting).

*Retweeting this way lets you add a comment to the tweet you’re sharing – add it before the RT.

What is a “retweet”?

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What is a ”mention”?* A mention is when you place an “@” before someone’s twitter handle in a tweet.

* When you mention someone, they receive a notification.

* Additionally, it will create a link from your post to their twitter profile.

* A great way to connect!

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What is a “hashtag”?According to twitter …

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What is a “reply”?

*When you click the “reply” button on someone’s tweet, twitter will automatically mention the original tweet poster and a conversation thread will be created:

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What is a “DM”?* DM stands for “direct message,” a “private” message between you and someone

else.

*You can only send a direct message to someone you follow that follows you back.

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Anatomy of a tweet

#hashtag

@mention Link: tweets are a great way to share links to all sorts of content.