Twitter: OriginsMarch 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 7th 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! Follow trends with hashtags: #Get customer service.Easy to use on a phone.
Share Your ThoughtsTalk to your followers in 140 characters or
less.Share a photo or video.Mention fellow Twitter users with @ sign.Mark your tweet with a searchable subject
word using a hash tag: #
HashtagA 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 NewsFollow 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 ProblemsSometimes 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. Two years ago, AP feed falsely said that Obama had been hurt in a bombing. Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility.
Big disasters will attract spammers.
Follow Interesting PeopleComedians and
celebrities. Even talk back to
them! @ConanOBrien I
really liked your show last night.
@andersoncooper@jimmyfallon@William Shatner
Follow Popular TrendsDiscover on the left
hand side of the screen.Search with keywords
with hashtag. #IRSClick on keyword with
hashtag on a tweet.Brad Pitt calls
#AngelinaJolie heroic.
Get Customer ServiceMajor 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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