Tumblr 101: Tips And Tricks To Get Started
Sebastian Thrun: Google's Driverless Car
Twitter 101: Tips and Tricks
What is Twitter?
Twitter is what is known as a microblogging service, an online place where you can 'post' short messages, or 'tweets' of 140 characters (including spaces). These 'tweets' can be read by anyone who is 'following' you (essentially, subscribing to your tweets). Similarly, you can follow (subscribe) to the tweets of anyone you want, from friends and family to favorite celebrities, publications and Web sites (like Switched, which you can 'follow' on Twitter by clicking here). The tweets of your followees show up in a main feed right on Twitter's main page, one after the other in chronological order.
At its most basic, Twitter is a dedicated status updating service à la Facebook (in fact, Facebook seems to have modeled its recent upgrade on Twitter), with which you can keep people up-to-date with your life -- be it what you're doing at a particular moment in time, a link to an interesting Web site, or something as mundane as what you had for lunch.
16 Grammys Looks That Weren't Working
Whitney Houston Autopsy: Cause of Death Determined?
Matt Bomer Comes Out As Gay
Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina: Late Singer's Daughter Hospitalized
Adele Five-Year Break? Singer Plans to Focus on Relationship, Write 'Happy Record'
How Hattie Lost 300 Pounds: 'I Was Ready To Do Whatever It Took To Survive'
Whitney Houston Dead: Stars React to Legend's Sudden Death
Jennifer Hudson Whitney Tribute: Grammy President Reveals Why Singer Was Chosen for Musical Memorial
Grammy Awards 2012: The Best & Worst Of The Red Carpet!
Grammy 2012 Winners' List: Adele Sweeps Music's Biggest Night
Whitney Houston Dead: Singer Dies at 48, Body Found in Beverly Hilton Hotel
Mom Had Labor Induced To Let Dying Father See Daughter
3 Economic Misconceptions That Need to Die
5-Hour Energy: A Success Equal Parts Caffeine, Chemistry and Meditation
12 Grammys Stars Who Gave Good Style
People With Easy-To-Pronounce Names More Likely To Succeed, Study Says
PHOTOS: Beautiful Scars
15 Funny Valentine's Day Cards
Pastor's Daughter Accidentally Shot At Church
The Top 10 Slacker Colleges
Mystery Disease Kills Thousands
JUNGLE SURVIVAL: Marines Drink Snake Blood, Eat Insects
PHOTOS: Thank God For Grown-Up Glamour
Taylor Swift Does Great Depression Chic
PHOTO: Kate Upton Scores 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue Cover!
Comments
35
Subscribe to commentsantonioMar 26th 2009 2:19PM
just another useless fad
randi russellMar 26th 2009 4:41PM
none yet
countrygirl60Mar 26th 2009 4:39PM
I think it is a nice place to go for quick info.I love to talk , flowers, dogs, Quilts,and much more. Any friends that like the same ,write me a word or two.Have a great day.
Becky SimpsonMar 26th 2009 6:06PM
I just gotta try it once!
krissy knoxSep 8th 2010 2:53AM
If you need any help in trying, go to http://twitter.com/ and set up your account. If you want to friend me, go ahead and press the follow button when you get to http://twitter.com/iamkrissy I will follow you back! Then talk to me by putting @iamkrissy in your tweet (such as at the beginning of the tweet), and I will see you are speaking to me, and will answer you back! hope that makes sense... krissy knox :)
brenda guilloryMar 26th 2009 6:57PM
its all good,all is well here in k town. loving having time to chill a bit
sunshine on the water looks so lovely. i still hate winter!!!!!!!!
linda jonesMar 26th 2009 7:08PM
none yet
Gail WatsonMar 26th 2009 7:51PM
I belong to Twitter, and there are a lot of celebrities who are chatting up in there. I am also chatting but don't seem to know the route to actually USING it correctly.
First of all, I had definate probs putting in a pic and profile.
Another odd thing. Twitter people brought everything I have ever blogged about from not only MySpace, but even from a Fibromyalgia/Cfids group where I had a huge, long, only of interest to someone who shares the illnesses with me blog. I didn't think this was too cool. My illness is noone's biz but mine and the group I blogged it in. So I insisted they delete it. Now deleted, there are still some meaningless chats listed for life I guess, :6( that I simply said as I started Twitter. I didn't know it would wave it's flag every time I open up Twitter. Grrrrrr. However, I am trying to make it work. :^)
maxJun 28th 2010 7:30PM
Get a life Gail really come on. Why would you want everyone on the planet to know your business. I am sure big brother the US goverment monitors that site.
RickMar 26th 2009 7:53PM
Hmmmmm? It is common knowledge that "Facebook" was initially funded by our dear friends at the CIA.
Wonder who funded (funds) Tweeter. You "Tweetie Birds" got any idea?
I'VEGOTALIFEMar 26th 2009 7:58PM
I have to say I just don't get why people must put their lives on view for the world to see, but I guess there are both a lot of morons and people with NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR SAD NON EXISTENT EXISTENCE...
lisaMar 30th 2009 8:56PM
well here i go another new thing facebook now this to much to absorb!
RuthApr 21st 2009 5:38PM
I'm not sure if I'm on the right place. But I hope I'm on the twiter page. It sure sounds interesting to me.
krissy knoxJun 29th 2010 12:09AM
Ruth, you're not on the Twitter page. To get to it, to sign up for Twitter, go to http://twitter.com Then you can sign up and begin to use Twitter. You can also see other's Twitter pages if you know their URLs. If you'd like to see mine, go to http://twitter.com/iamkrissy and you can see how twitter works! If you want to sign up for yourself, go to www.twitter.com and you will get a page of your own w a unique URL (site address) so others can find your page also! Have fun w it, and remember to friend me. Just go to my page, and press "follow @iamkrissy" and I will follow you back! :)
heather_cardwellJun 18th 2009 11:57AM
Can I see my page?
krissy knoxJun 29th 2010 12:02AM
To see your page, Heather, you must first create one. Go to http://twitter.com and click on Create An Account. You can create an account from there. To view others' accounts on Twitter, you must first know their URL or twitter account name. If you would like to take a peak at my Twitter account, and see how I use Twitter, my Twitter name is @iamkrissy and you can find me at http://twitter.com/iamkrissy Please keep in mind that Twitter is not merely a service where you broadcast "what I am doing" all day. That is a very small use of Twitter, sometimes not used at all by many tweeters. Twitter has many uses. Let me list some of them. You can use twitter to: inspire others w quotes, post YouTube songs and educational and fun videos for others to listen to, be a blip.fm DJ and share songs w the other tweeters, engage in conversations w fellow tweeters -- both a single tweeter and as a group, share photos of important events in your community or of your family, share your blog posts, share interesting blog posts of your friends, share important and interesting newspaper articles, participate in trivia games, participate in meme games (hashtage games everyone plays such as finishing a sentence like #myfirstcarwas ), answer questions of the day, if you are a business person you can sell your products, talk about political subjects, read news tweets, pass news tweets on to others if they are important, meet many new people, learn many new things, find mentors, find a job, tweet "fun" facts, ask for donations for your favorite charity, as well as a many, many other things. I'm surprised at what others are saying about Twitter on this page, but I'm going to assume it's their ignorance and they don't know how to use Twitter, and have most likely never been on it. If you would ever like to learn more about Twitter and how to use it, Heather, just follow me on Twitter, and I'll help you. I'll follow you back on Twitter if you follow me first. Just hit "follow" button on http://twitter.com/iamkrissy If you'd like to speak to me start your tweet off w @iamkrissy and I'll be able to read what you say! And have fun! krissy knox :)
Sandy and SueNov 15th 2009 7:22PM
Twitter is for idiots. This is a place where people who need to find something worthwhile to do spend their time. I can't think of many people who would give
a twitter what I am doing and I certainly don't care what most other people are
doing. It is all terrible boring.
krissy knoxJun 28th 2010 2:52PM
Sandy and Sue,
Twitter is not for idiots, and it's not useless. I imagine you have not tried it, so can't really give an opinion about it. I am a regular user of Twitter. Perhaps your disdain of Twitter comes from the fact you don't have a proper understanding of it's function (and the article above does not do much to alay your misconceptions, I don't think). Twitter's function, as you assume, is not primarily to update others on what you are doing. It is to share many things w others who are on Twitter. Let me give you some examples. Those on Twitter share their links to their blog posts, other posts they find interesting and think the Twitter community would like to read, share funny inspiring or helpful YouTube Videos, introduce others to interesting people, raise money for good causes, help charities, introduce businesses, help others to find jobs, talk about interesting things including current events, broadcast news, have individual and group conversations, network to get jobs, talk about trending topics, play trivia, just plain have fun, and do so many other activities! If you'd like to see some of what Twitter is about, you can check my page out. It's listed below.
krissy knox :)
http://twitter.com/iamkrissy
jerryJun 29th 2010 4:52PM
Twitter is one of the dumbest things out now! Why do I want to know what people are doing thru out the day? People are treating Facebook like that. Telling everyong what they do throughout the day, it's stupid. Just like texting is stupid also, but that's another issue!
DJun 28th 2010 3:02PM
Hi