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Getting Started With Twitter (so THAT’S what I’m supposed to do with this thing) Keith Engwall Assistant Professor, Web & Emerging Technologies Librarian Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine [email protected] @librariandad
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"Getting Started With Twitter" presentation by Keith Engwall, given at MDMLG in Ypsilanti, MI 03-14-2013
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Getting Started With Twitter
(so THAT’S what I’m supposed to do with this thing)
Keith EngwallAssistant Professor, Web & Emerging Technologies LibrarianOakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
[email protected]@librariandad
A Little Background
Twitter Tips
• Treat Twitter as a resource
• You don’t have to tweet to use Twitter
• Follow people for what they have to say
Anatomy of a Tweet
TWITTER HANDLE
SHARED BY (you subscribe to their feed)
AUTHOR’S NAME
WHOM TWEET IS
TO/ABOUT
TOPIC KEYWORD
(abbreviation)
RETWEETED BY
WHEN POSTED
POST TWEET:“@nygenome @EricTopol…”
SHARE THIS (with people
who follow you)“LIKE” / SAVE
HASHTAG MENTION
REPLY TOTHIS TWEET
RETWEETTHIS TWEET
FAVORITE THIS TWEET
140 CHARACTERS
OR LESS
AUTHOR’S USERNAME
Twitter Glossary
• FOLLOW: subscribe
• TWEET: 140 character message
• USERNAME (@librariandad): twitter handle
• RETWEET: share tweet
• HASHTAG (“#hcsm”): keyword (abbreviated subject)
• MENTION (“…@librariandad…”): whom tweet is to/about…
• REPLY (“@librariandad…”): tweet back “to” someone…
• FAVORITE ( ): like / save tweet
https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary#
Twitter Tips
When you see a tweet of interest…
• Click on the author to find more about them
• Click on users “mentioned” in tweet
• Click on hashtags to find related tweets
• Retweet
• Favorite
• Reply
Creating Twitter Account
Twitter Tips
• Search for people to follow by interest keywords
• Don’t follow people just because they’re friends
• Create separate Twitter accounts for different
purposes
• One Twitter account per e-mail address
• Gmail: [email protected] -> [email protected]
Twitter Interface
Twitter Tips
• Review your e-mail notification settings
• Use lists to fine tune your twitter feeds
• Occasionally check your followers to see if they’d be
good to follow back
Twitter Apps
Twitter Tips
• Try the official Twitter app first
• Test only one app at a time
• Pay attention to the setup steps
• Check your Twitter account for a while after using a
new app
• Revoke access to any app you decide not to use
Q & A
