The document discusses Twitter, including that it was created by Jack Dorsey in 2006 as a social network to allow people to post brief text updates called tweets. It explains how to create a Twitter account and use basic features like posting tweets with up to 140 characters and following other users. Additionally, it outlines some common ways Twitter is used, such as for promotion, news, and entertainment, as well as advantages like ease of use and disadvantages like limited character count.

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2. • Twitter definition.
• the founder of twitter.
• What is twitter about.
• what are tweets.
• How to create an account.
• The ways of using twitter.
• Advantages and disadvantages.
• How to tweet.
• What are the tricks to get more followers.

3. • A very popular instant messaging system that lets a
person send brief text messages which is called “tweet”
up to 140 characters in length to a list of
followers, Launched in 2006.

4. • Twitter Was Developed By Jack Dorsey On March 21st
2006.

5. • Twitter was designed as a social network to keep friends
and colleagues informed throughout the day. However, it
became widely used for commercial and political
purposes to keep customers, voters and fans up-to-date
as well as to encourage feedback.

6. • Tweets are text based posts of up to 140 characters
displayed on the author's or the peoples profile page and
delivered to the people subscribers who are known as
followers.

7. • Go to The Twitter homepage and scroll all the way to the bottom. Click on the "Get
Started" button.
• Create a username and password. Twitter will automatically check the availability of
your username. Once you find one that is unique, enter your email address and
continue.
• After you create your account, you can manually see if any of your e-mail contacts are
on Twitter. Just enter your e-mail username and password, and twitter will
automatically import anyone it recognizes.
• Invite friends. Any emails Twitter didn't recognize, it will display on the next page. You
will be able to check different email addresses to send invites to.
• Search for friends. Chances are good that your friends have multiple email
addresses, so it is a good idea to enter their name in the search bar and double
check.
• Set up your phone. The big advantage of Twitter is that you can update via text
messages from your phone. Go to the "Devices" tab on your profile page and then
enter your cell phone number. A confirmation message will be sent to your phone, and

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9. 1. Promotion – People who have blogs often share their articles via the tweet stream! It is
also a way to announce any giveaways. Others use it to promote their books or even
events.
2. News Feed – One can get first hand information fast and from reliable sources real time!
3. Radio or music station
4. As a TV Channel – Some of the Twitter power users use Ustream to connect with their
followers and share live via video chat or video feed, If you want to do a demo or just
interact with your followers and talk with them personally via video.
5. As a Sports News Cast Feed – gives you the resent game results or even resent new
news via their Twitter stream.
6. As a Classified Ads/ Job Section – People and companies now share job openings on
Twitter.
7. As a Gallery – Designers and Artists can showcase their works via Twitter. Usually they
send links to the sites that showcase great talents.

10. 1. Twitter is Easy to Join
• Advantage: It takes less than a minute to create an account with Twitter and
start "tweeting."
• Disadvantage: because Twitter is so easy to join, virtually everyone has a
Twitter account, so their server tends to get overloaded easily.
2. Twitter is Easy to Use
• Advantage: Twitter limits its updates to 140 characters, so there's no need to
launch into long-winded prose or to over-explain your thought.
• Disadvantage: It's not a great way for people to get to know you, unless you
are very good at expressing yourself in 140 characters or less.
3. Twitter is a Democracy
• Advantage: You can follow anyone on Twitter, and anyone can follow you.
Although there is an option to block someone from following you.
• Disadvantage: Chances are that most of the people who follow you on
Twitter aren't really paying attention to what you have to say.

11. 1. Log in to your Twitter account
2. Type your Tweet into the "What's happening?" box at
the top of your screen (shown below).
3. Make sure your update is fewer than 140 characters.
We'll count the characters for you! Remaining
characters show up as a number below the box.
4. Click the Tweet button to post the Tweet to your profile.
5. You will immediately see your Tweet in the timeline on
your homepage, as shown below.

12. • Find on tweets .
• Find on other networks.
• Invite by email .
• Suggested users.

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