Basics of Twitter
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Twitter was founded in 2006 as an information network to quickly communicate and share information. Users can follow others and be followed back, with tweets limited to 140 characters but URLs can be shortened. Hashtags allow users to tag and categorize tweets and images by key topics so more people can view them. The minimum age for users is 13 and signing up is free and easy, with many businesses and celebrities using Twitter to connect with fans and followers.
Basics of Twitter
- 2. Basics of twitter Twitter was founded in 2006. It is a information network that is used to communicate and share information quick. You can follow people and businesses and people can follow you back.
- 3. Features of twitter Each tweet can be up to 140 characters long but you can shorten the url. You can use ‘#’ to label and caption post and images. When you use twitter to tweet you can post them tweets on Facebook as well. Images upload very fast and easy process. Tweets and messages also upload in 1 second, depending on your internet connection.
- 4. Hash-tag This is the hash-tag symbol ‘#’. A hash tag is used to tag words that are key, so people can view the tweet or image. Hash-tag is used for key points such as tweets and pictures so that more and different people can view. It categorizes groups of tweets that contains the same words The first hash tag was used august 2007.
- 5. Twitter users Twitter is free, it is easy and quick to sign up. Anybody can use twitter and many businesses use it. The minimum age that is required is 13 years old. All that is needed is a active email and a age conferment. Many celebrities use twitter so they can follow their friends, their fans follow them and catch up with their updates.
- 6. Retweet People can retweet other users post if they like what it says. You can retweet with a comment as well, so you can add what you think.