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Irene E. McDermott
Interim City Librarian, Crowell Public Library
IMcDermott@CityofSanMarino.org
Author, Internet Book of Life (2011)
Twitter: Origins
March 21, 2006: First tweet.
July 2006: Launched by Jack Dorsey, Biz
Stone, Noah Glass, Evan Williams.
March 2007: Twitter is a hit at the South by
Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference.
Now: Twitter is the 8th
most popular site in
the United States.
Why Use Twitter?
Share your own thoughts.
Get breaking news.
Follow interesting people, like comedians
and celebrities. Even talk back to them!
Communicate with shy relatives.
Follow trends with hashtags: #
Get customer service.
Share Your Thoughts
Talk to your followers in 140 characters or
less.
Share a web site.
Share a photo or video.
Mention fellow Twitter users with @ sign.
Mark your tweet with a searchable subject
word using a hash tag: #
Hashtag
A hasthtag (or pound sign) marks key words or
topics.
If you insert a hashtag before an important word
in your tweet, that word becomes #searchable.
Search or follow trends with words marked by
hashtags. They are clickable.
#TheGreatGatsby soundtrack conjures a
consistent mood of noirish, doomed romance.
Get Breaking News
Follow your favorite
news organizations and
even newscasters.
Search for news by
subject hashtag.
Click on “Trends.”
@KNX1070 BREAKING
Magnitude 3.0 #quake,
centered 2 miles SE of
Marina Del Rey
Twitter News Problems
Sometimes news is unconfirmed and wrong.
Sunil Tripathi was named as the Boston Marathon
bomber on Twitter and Reddit. Tripathi was later
found dead.
Sometimes Twitter accounts can be hijacked. On
April 23, AP feed falsely said that Obama had been
hurt in a bombing. Syrian Electronic Army claimed
responsibility.
Big disasters will attract spammers.
Follow Interesting People
Comedians and
celebrities.
Even talk back to
them!
@ConanOBrien I
really liked your
show last night.
@andersoncooper
@jimmyfallon
@William Shatner
Communicate with Relatives
For families too shy to use FaceBook.
Who don’t want to say too much or start a
dialogue in email.
Can communicate with several at once.
 @mmcd21, @jhmcde, @a1rfoyle How are
you guys?
Follow Popular Trends
Discover on the left
hand side of the screen.
Search with keywords
with hashtag. #IRS
Click on keyword with
hashtag on a tweet.
Brad Pitt calls
#AngelinaJolie heroic.
Get Customer Service
Major companies have
Twitter feeds that they
monitor.
Get help from airlines:
@DeltaAssist
Long queue for phone
help? Tweet. You will
get a DM (direct
message) back.
Why isn't our Internet
working??? #ATTsucks
Where to Learn More
Twitter 101
https://support.twitter.com/articles/215585-
twitter-101-getting-started-with-twitter
Twitter Guide Book
http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
Twitter: Getting Started
http://www.dummies.com/how-
to/internet/Blogging-Social-
Networking/Twitter/Getting-Started.html
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  • 1. Irene E. McDermott Interim City Librarian, Crowell Public Library IMcDermott@CityofSanMarino.org Author, Internet Book of Life (2011)
  • 2. Twitter: Origins March 21, 2006: First tweet. July 2006: Launched by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Noah Glass, Evan Williams. March 2007: Twitter is a hit at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference. Now: Twitter is the 8th most popular site in the United States.
  • 3. Why Use Twitter? Share your own thoughts. Get breaking news. Follow interesting people, like comedians and celebrities. Even talk back to them! Communicate with shy relatives. Follow trends with hashtags: # Get customer service.
  • 4. Share Your Thoughts Talk to your followers in 140 characters or less. Share a web site. Share a photo or video. Mention fellow Twitter users with @ sign. Mark your tweet with a searchable subject word using a hash tag: #
  • 5. Hashtag A hasthtag (or pound sign) marks key words or topics. If you insert a hashtag before an important word in your tweet, that word becomes #searchable. Search or follow trends with words marked by hashtags. They are clickable. #TheGreatGatsby soundtrack conjures a consistent mood of noirish, doomed romance.
  • 6. Get Breaking News Follow your favorite news organizations and even newscasters. Search for news by subject hashtag. Click on “Trends.” @KNX1070 BREAKING Magnitude 3.0 #quake, centered 2 miles SE of Marina Del Rey
  • 7. Twitter News Problems Sometimes news is unconfirmed and wrong. Sunil Tripathi was named as the Boston Marathon bomber on Twitter and Reddit. Tripathi was later found dead. Sometimes Twitter accounts can be hijacked. On April 23, AP feed falsely said that Obama had been hurt in a bombing. Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility. Big disasters will attract spammers.
  • 8. Follow Interesting People Comedians and celebrities. Even talk back to them! @ConanOBrien I really liked your show last night. @andersoncooper @jimmyfallon @William Shatner
  • 9. Communicate with Relatives For families too shy to use FaceBook. Who don’t want to say too much or start a dialogue in email. Can communicate with several at once.  @mmcd21, @jhmcde, @a1rfoyle How are you guys?
  • 10. Follow Popular Trends Discover on the left hand side of the screen. Search with keywords with hashtag. #IRS Click on keyword with hashtag on a tweet. Brad Pitt calls #AngelinaJolie heroic.
  • 11. Get Customer Service Major companies have Twitter feeds that they monitor. Get help from airlines: @DeltaAssist Long queue for phone help? Tweet. You will get a DM (direct message) back. Why isn't our Internet working??? #ATTsucks
  • 12. Where to Learn More Twitter 101 https://support.twitter.com/articles/215585- twitter-101-getting-started-with-twitter Twitter Guide Book http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/ Twitter: Getting Started http://www.dummies.com/how- to/internet/Blogging-Social- Networking/Twitter/Getting-Started.html