By having so many users and continuing to accommodate more and more by the day, the Twitter Website is hailed as one of the top website of the world. Others who aren't aware of Twitter, would do well reading this.
Twitter, founded in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, is a social networking and a microblogging website, that allows the users to send and receive short messages, with a character limit of 140. These short messages are called 'tweets'. Tweets can be sent through 3 different ways which would include using the website, through text, or through an instant message. The tweets are posted on your profile or your blog and sent to your followers and are searchable on Twitter search.
Do you want to be a part of Twitter social network? Here are the details of the twitter website along with few simple terms you need to know. All you need to use twitter is an internet connection or a mobile phone. First step, you need to create an account, go to the twitter home page www.twitter.com and find a 'Sign up now' button. Click the button. You will be brought to the page where you are to create your twitter account. Few simple entries like Full name, the username or the screen name, a password, email address and by clicking on the 'Create my account', your twitter account is ready.
Once you are in, you can type your first update in the web box. To gain an idea of what other people are talking about, do explore the Twitter Search. You can search using keyword or simply checkout the trending topics on twitter to see what's hot right now. To find your friends, you can search for people by name or username or you can invite friends via email.
Following someone simply means that you are receiving their twitter updates. When you are a follower of someone, every time they post a new message, it'll appear on your twitter home page. New messages are updated every time someone posts it, so when you log into your account, you get the latest update first. Twitter also, provides a way, wherein you can receive updates from certain people on your phone too.
How do you start following someone? Simple, go to the person's page whom you wish to follow and click on the 'Follow' button to become a follower. The follow button will change to a green check mark next to the word 'Following', with an action button at the right to remove a person if you wish to.
How do you know all that are following you on Twitter? Twitter sends you a mail when a new person starts following you. The link with the "followers" anchor text is also able to provide with the information on the number of followers currently subscribed to you.
Worried about your tweets being public? Your twitter profile is public by default, if you are hesitant to have strangers read your updates, 'protect your profile' to approve followers and to keep your updates out of the twitter search. One more thing to keep in mind, once you post your tweet, you cannot edit it, you can delete it and post a new one altogether though.
So what are you waiting for? Join twitter by logging into the Twitter Website.
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