Twitter101

Margaret Portier @tophile Jennifer Liddy Tweet @jennliddy ? 101 WHAT THE TWEET?#Tw101VP An introduction to the social network.

What is a social network? A network of people  Social media is the who are linked platform for two-way together through information relationships with exchange. others. Social networking is engaging with other members of your network.

What is ? A short intro.

Start an account. www.twitter.co m

What is a Tweet? 140 character status update.

Composing A Tweet 140 characters May contain:  URLs  #hashtags  Mentions  Retweets  Modified Retweets Add an image Add a location

Try it out!Compose a tweet! Hello world!

What are #Hashtags? Keywords or phrases.

What are #Hashtags? Any term preceded  Identifier by a #  Conference (ex.  Can be a phrase #ALA11) with no spaces or  Class (ex. other punctuation #rotoloclass) Keyword  Chat (ex. #libchat)  People interested in  Not case-sensitive the same topic can find you

Try it out!Compose a tweet that includes#Tw101VPA. #Tw101VPA

What is a Mention? A way to interact with other Twitter users.

Mentions Using @ and a Twitter  Here’s the tricky part: username, you can  Using @username send a message to within a Tweet, is another user. public. Anyone who follows you will see it. Used for:  Using @username as  Tagging the very first  Giving credit characters in a Tweet  Sharing information make it semi-private.  Replying Only those who follow you both will see it in their timelines, but anyone can find it in a search.

Examples!

What is a direct message? Private message to another user.

Try it out!Tweet @ us! @tophile @jennliddy

This is the user I follow. Look what@bandie r This is where I canTweeted! interact. What is a Retweet? Sharing someone else’s Tweet with your followers.

Retweet and Modified RetweetRetweet (RT) Modified Retweet (MT) Click on Retweet  Good manners Copies the exact  If you want to add a text of the Tweet personal note or Add a note or comment and have mention without to modify the changing the original text, use MT original Tweet, use instead of RT RT

DON’T PANIC! Using the Retweet function is easy! Don’t worry about using RT or MT until you are comfortable with Retweet Twitter programs have different ways of Retweeting  Hootsuite  Tweet Deck  Twitter.com  Twitter for Mac

Try it out!Search for the hashtag #Tw101VPA.Find an interesting Tweet.Retweet it! Retweet!

Margaret Portier @tophile Jennifer Liddy @jennliddy Huh? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE ?#Tw101VP Tweet us any time @tophile and @jennliddy

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