here's how to use twitter
use the clickable sections below to skip
through different parts of this tutorial
go to twitter.com to set up an account
your twitter name is displayed on your
profile and used to help people find
your account
a twitter handle will be created for you
automatically and will begin with the at
symbol you'll need to give this handle
to others if they want to mention you in
tweets
each tweet is limited to 280 characters
this includes spaces so if you want to
write a lengthy tweet choose your words
carefully
below you can see a circle being filled
up as you type
this indicates how many characters you
have left in your tweet
you can add media to make your tweets
more visually engaging
this won't use up any of your characters
you can add a picture gif or a poll
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you can collect data and encourage
interaction from your followers using
polls
you'll need to write your question in
your tweet then you can list your
options and choose how long you want the
poll to run for
you can add expressions to your tweets
with emojis
click on the emoji button and select one
you'd like to add
these will be included in your character
count
to add multiple tweets click on the plus
sign next to tweet
this is useful if you want to say
something more than 280 characters
click tweet to post
your tweet will now be on your profile
by following a twitter account that
accounts tweet will be shown on your
home page so you can stay up to date
with all their latest posts
from the home page click on your profile
photo to get to your profile page
twitter will show you recommended
accounts for you to follow based on your
interests
to follow someone click
follow
or
show more if you want to see more
recommendations
to follow someone else click on the
search bar
and then type in their name to find them
you'll see different accounts listed
click follow on the account you want
on the home page you'll now see their
tweets listed too
to view your profile
click on your profile photo or click
profile on the left hand side
click edit profile to edit the visuals
of your page
you can change your profile photo or add
a banner photo here
click the camera icon to add a photo to
make your profile more visual
select the image you want to use and
then click apply
you can change your profile name add a
biography to describe yourself add your
location
a website
and your birthday
under the date where you joined you'll
see the number of accounts you're
following and the number following you
click on these to see who they are
to change your twitter handle from the
home page
click on the more icon and select
settings and privacy
go to your account
and account information
your current twitter handle will appear
next to your username to change it
highlight the text and type in a new one
each twitter handle is original
if your username is already taken it'll
tell you below
and you'll need to try a different
variation click save to apply the
changes to your handle
reacting to tweets can help you to get
more followers
under each tweet you'll see a series of
different options
you can also react to your own tweet to
add more information to it
click on the speech bubble to reply
this will add a comment specifically to
that tweet
the account that posted the tweet will
be notified that you've replied to it
retweeting shares a tweet on your own
page
click on the two circling arrows icon to
retweet a post
if someone else retweets one of yours
all of their followers will then be able
to see your tweet on their page
you can also choose to retweet with
comment
this will also share the tweet on your
page
with an accompanying note
click on the heart icon to like a tweet
you can see how popular someone's tweets
are by looking at the number of hearts
it has
messages is the direct message platform
for twitter you can privately send and
receive messages to twitter accounts
using this function
from the home page click on messages
it may ask you to verify your account
with a phone number to check your real
person
if prompted for this
add a phone number and verify yourself
to access
message someone who follows you by
clicking start a conversation and type
in the name of the person
you can also message someone who isn't
following you if they have enabled this
function in their privacy settings click
the name you want then type your message
here
you can add a photo gif
or an emoji by clicking these icons
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if you want to delete a tweet
you can click on the three dots here and
click delete
from the home page click on explore
the explore page allows you to browse
different tweets and accounts you may
not be following already
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type something in the search bar you're
interested in looking for and various
posts and accounts will appear for you
to browse
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bookmark store tweets so you can go back
to look at them later
from the home page click on the bookmark
tab to add a tweet to your bookmarks
select the upload icon and select
add tweet to bookmarks
lists also help you to manage your
tweets and share ones you like with
others
click on the lists tab on the home page
at the top you'll see all your pinned
tweets followed by any other lists
you've created or are a part of
create a new list by clicking create a
list
and then type in the name and
description you can choose if you want
it to be private by clicking the box
here click next then add your members
you want to share the list with
and then click done
any members tweets will appear in the
list
as well as any accounts you add to your
list
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if you want to unfollow an account
click on the three dots on one of their
tweets on your home page and then click
unfollow if you don't want to see their
tweets anymore but you still want to
follow them
select mute account
their tweets will no longer appear on
your twitter feed
blocking an account will stop them from
being able to view your tweets
profile
or direct message you
select block from the drop down to block
an account