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A guide to some of the basics and terminology in Twitter.
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Getting Started with
(in slightly more than 140 characters)
Andy Piper@andypiper
Rule #1http://www.flickr.com/photos/rooreynolds/1555706680/
Twitter Background
short-form communication - 140 chars or less*
founded in 2006, big jump at SxSW in 2007
Jack Dorsey, Ev Williams, Dick Costello
rapid growth due to:
multi-channel use (SMS, web, apps)
easy API (simple to build apps on top of or around Twitter)
“cartoons on the back of business cards”http://gapingvoid.com
Early Pressit gained traction with “technorati” quickly
What are you doing?(now - What’s Happening?)
Uses?
Status broadcast
Breaking news e.g. Hudson River crash, earthquakes; citizen journalism
Location awareness
Discussion
Filtering interesting links (crowdsourced information)
Feeds
Marketing
Objects online e.g. houses, traffic info, plants…
Twitter = Broadcast(regular tweets can be seen by “everyone”*)
Also for “private” discussions(Direct Messages)
Communities form around topics(hashtags, lists etc)
http://flickr.com/photos/shawdm/820926627/
Let’s Try It!
Terminology
Username / Twitter handle
Profile
Tweet / post / update (“...did you see my tweet?”)
Follow/unfollow (followers/“tweeps”, following)
@reply / mention
Direct Message / DM
Stream
Terminology
Retweet / RT (native, and quoted)
Favourite
Hashtag (topic or marker)
List
Tweetup
Fail Whale...
Fail Whale!
Useful Tools and Apps
Twitter Apps - Twitter, TweetDeck, TweetBot, Plume - the list is nearly endless!
TwitPic and photo sharing
TwitterCounter
Buffer
Deep iOS integration
Usage tipsNB There is NO “right way” to use Twitter! These are my own thoughts!
Have a good profile - tell people why you are interesting
Don’t try to read everything - dip in and out
Don’t feel you have to respond to everything
Vary usage - mix links, status updates, RT, @replies
Follow and reply to interesting people
Try responding to strangers who seem interesting
Try to use just one tweet to get your point across
Advanced
Search and saved searches
Spam and Blocking
Media sharing
Trends / trending topics
#FF / Follow Friday
OAuth - third-party app authentication
Sponsored Tweets / advertising