Twitter: Everything You Need To Know

Twitter

Twitter was launched in 2006 by Twitter, Inc. as a social networking service in which users can share posts that contain texts, videos, or images known as tweets. Undoubtedly, it is one of the most popular platforms today and has over 100 million daily active users. Talking of text content of a tweet, it can only contain 280 characters and is displayed on the user's profile page. Users can reply, vote, like, comment, or retweet other users' tweets. 

Twitter Sign Up

Step 1: Go to twitter.com.

Step 2: Click Sign Up.

Step 3: Type your full name and phone number. 

To create a Twitter account using your email address, select Use email instead and type your email address.

Step 5: Click Next.

Sep 6: Type your password and click Next. Please make sure that your password has at least six characters.

Step 7: Click Next.

Step 8: Your account has been created, but is locked until you validate your email address. You must verify your email address or cell phone number.

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Twitter Sign In

Step 1: Go to https://twitter.com/login.

Step 2: Type the email address or phone number that you used to sign up for your account.

Step 3: Type your password.

Step 4: Click Log in.

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Twitter Features

1. Tweets

People have called Twitter the "SMS of the Internet" because sending "tweets" is a lot like sending text messages. A tweet is a 140-character message that people use to talk to each other on Twitter. Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey, the site's founders, say there are two reasons for the 140-character limit. When Twitter first started, mobile Internet connections were rare and expensive. Most users sent and received tweets as SMS text messages, which were limited to 160 characters before they split into multiple messages. Because of this, the content of a single tweet is limited to 140 characters, leaving 20 characters for the user's name. This way, a single tweet can fit into a single text message. Dorsey also says that the 140-character limit forces people to get creative with their writing so that their tweets can be as short as possible. By default, everyone can see every tweet, and you can search for tweets even if you are not a user. However, senders can choose to only let their followers see their messages. Users can send tweets through the Twitter website, apps on their phones, or text messages (SMS).

2. Following/Follower

Users may subscribe to other users' tweets - known as "following", and the subscriber is a "follower". Twitter's default settings are public, which means that anyone can follow anyone. Twitter, as a social network, relies around the concept of followers; when you follow another user, that user's tweets will display on your main Twitter page, known as the Home timeline. Tweets can be "retweeted" by other users to re-post or publish on their own feed for their followers. Individual tweets can also be "liked" (previously "favorited") and "replied" to by users.

3. Tweet Format

Text, external links, usernames, and hashtags can all be included in a single tweet. A Twitter hashtag, which is a word or phrase preceded by the sign "#," can be used to group postings together by topic or type. Likewise, the symbol "@" followed by a username is used to "mention" and "respond" to the tweets of others. On May 24, 2016, Twitter announced that material including photographs and videos would no longer count toward the 140-character limit. Attachments and links will no longer count toward the character limit.

4. Trending topics

A "trending topic" is a word, phrase, or topic, including hashtags, that is discussed more frequently than others. Trending topics become popular as a result of a concentrated effort by users or as a result of an occurrence that encourages people to discuss a specific issue. Trending topics will assist Twitter users in keeping up with current events and public opinion. Twitter will show trends tailored to your location and people you follow by default, which can be viewed on the left side of the Home page, although users can adjust the settings to show local trends.

5. Home timeline

After logging in, users will be taken to their main Twitter page, which is called "Home." This place shows the tweets of people they follow in the order they were sent. If you haven't been on Twitter in a while, Twitter will show you tweets you probably haven't seen, like a summary of what's been going on while you've been away.

From the picture of the interface above, you can see that the user's profile and topics that are popular are on the left, and the timeline is in the middle. On the right, Twitter suggests other accounts to follow based on the people you already follow.

In the top left corner of the Home timeline is the Notifications and Messages. When someone replies to your tweet or mentions you in one of their tweets, you will get a message. You can find all of your replies and mentions in the "Notifications" tab. Users can also use the "Messages" tab to send direct messages to other users, which are like private tweets and can only be seen by the recipient.

6. Mobile

Twitter is accessible on iOS, Android, Windows 10, Blackberry, and Nokia S40 and supports more than 40 languages.