#Medialit14 - Joining in with Twitter
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This document provides a step-by-step guide for signing up and using Twitter, including creating an account, composing tweets, and interacting with other users. It highlights the importance of customizing user profiles with a photo and bio, as well as using hashtags like #medialit14 to engage in specific discussions. Additionally, it offers tips on following other users and responding to notifications within the platform.
#Medialit14 - Joining in with Twitter
- 1. 1 | P a g e #MediaLit14 : Join with Twitter Signing Up Go to Twitter.com (https://twitter.com/) Look bottom-right for โNew to Twitterโ, add your full name (for display purposes), your email (not shared with others), and choose a password. Press โSign Up for Twitterโ. Follow the screen-by-screen instructions, including the prompts to follow a number of users (you can always unfollow later), an avatar picture (clear headshot is best, and keep consistent as people skim looking for particular users), and a 160 character bio (usually keywords - the basis for search, which may be the only thing someone sees when deciding to โfollowโ you). Sending a Tweet Go to โHomeโ Look for โCompose New Tweetโ, and write up to 140 characters. You will see that the number of characters that you have left is next to the โTweetโ button. Once you are happy with your tweet (donโt take too long over it, but also remember that itโs a public message, so be prepared to stand behind what you have written), press the โTweetโ button. You can also select the camera icon and
- 2. 2 | P a g e add a photo, or the pin icon to add your geographical location. Links can be cut and pasted from elsewhere on the web, and the web-version of Twitter will shorten these so they donโt use up so many characters. If you write #medialit14 anywhere in the tweet it will appear in the Twitterwall that we are using for the week, and be visible to the whole room. Interacting You can of course respond to any tweet in your timeline, but to respond to those that others have interacted with you on first, click on โNotificationsโ You will see something like this, which includes people favouriting your tweets, retweeting them, or โmentioningโ you in a tweet (which involves writing the user name with an @ symbol in front โ anywhere in the tweet, e.g. @drbexl โ saves you missing any important messages people have sent โfor your attentionโ):
- 3. 3 | P a g e Following Other Users The core in Twitter is finding other users to interact with. Ask the other people in the physical room, search for their name in the search field (top right) โ bearing in mind that users with more followers will appear higher up the list, find someone interesting & click on their โfollowingโ or โfollowersโ and โpiggybackโ on the people they find interesting. Simply click โfollowโ, or โunfollowโ. The โcogโ next to the follow option gives a range of other options, including mute for people busy at conferences! Thereโs lots more you can do with Twitter, but this should get you going for #medialit14. The best thing with Twitter is just to have a go with it!