Introduction to Twitter

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Introduction to Twitter

• Information Technology Services, UIS

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What is Twitter?
You say what youre doing, in 140 characters or
less, and people who are interested in you get
those updates Twitter lets people share moments
of their lives momentous occasions or mundane
ones. Evan Williams, Co-founder of
Twitter Think micro-blogging
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What is micro-blogging?
Brief messages 140 characters or less for
Twitter from one user to another or from one
user to a group of users - Real-time - Quick -
Simple

• Vladimir What are you waiting for?
• Estragon Im waiting for Godot.
• with apologies to Beckett
• Romeo Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at
  this?
• Juliet What's in a name? That which we call a
  rose by any other name would smell as sweet
• with apologies to Shakespeare

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Getting Started
Username the username becomes your Twitter URL
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Profile Settings
Protect my updates Privacy setting that
restricts your updates to show up on people you
follow and not on the public timeline

• Account update basic account information
• Password option to change password
• Devices using your mobile device for Twitter
• Notices updates, emails, newsletters
• Picture profile picture
• Design themes, background image, color
• Connections applications that connect to Twitter

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Twitter-speak
Tweeple Twitter users, Twitter
members Twitosphere Community of
Twitterers Twitterspeak 66 Twitter Terms Pete
Cashmore

• Tweet A message on Twitter
• Follow When you subscribe to messages from
  another individual, you follow the person on
  Twitter
• Followers Individuals who subscribe to your
  tweets
• _at_Reply Public message sent from one individual
  to another
• DM Direct message from one individual to
  another
• RT Retweet or re-send a message that an
  individual has posted on Twitter
• Hashtag Allows a tweet to be easily searched
  and located

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How to Follow

• Individuals you know who use Twitter
• Individuals you would like to follow

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Search and Trending Topics
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Twitter Applications
Twitter Fan Wiki