The popularity of social networks is off scale today. They spend their free time, advertise their business, find old friends. Among such sites, a service such as Twitter (twitter.com) stands out. How to use this social network and what are its advantages?
Register and send messages
The first step to learning how to use Twitter is to register. Everything is like on any site: enter your name, surname, email address and click on the "Register" or "Sign Up" button (if the interface is originally in English). In the "Settings" section, you can state the information about yourself that you consider necessary. Here, if necessary, you can add the address of your website or blog.
Now we proceed to what is the very essence of this network. Send your messages and read strangers - that is, in fact, all that you can using the Twitter service. How to use this opportunity? Very simple. After registration, in the lower left corner you are shown a list of people whose messages you can subscribe to (or, as is customary to put it here, follow). To make a choice, just click the "Read" button opposite the person you are interested in. The messages themselves will be displayed on the right side. Then you will be asked to choose a topic that interests you: music, politics, humor, etc. In each of these topics, you can choose the person or organization whose messages you would be interested to read.
How to use Twitter to send my own messages? If you want other users to read your messages, just type the text in the line located in the upper left corner of your account. Message size must not exceed 140 characters. After typing, click on the Tweet button. If the message is intended for a specific person, at the beginning indicate his nickname (in @MyFriend format).
Service Features
At first glance, character limits seem constrained. But they also have their advantages. First, you will learn how to briefly express your thoughts. Secondly, such a service is convenient for promoting websites or blogs: it will be much easier for users to read a short text than an article on a half page. The main thing is to figure out how to use it. Twitter can also be configured to send messages from a mobile, which is very convenient, if not always possible to log in from a computer. To do this, use the address m.twitter.com or download the special software that Twitter provides at twitter.com/downloads.
How to use Twitter to find friends? But very simple. Click on the “In the know” tab at the top of the page, then on the “Find Friends” tab. Here you will be offered a choice of several options. You can enter your friend’s name and surname in the search bar or search by email if you use one of the mail services that Twitter has access to. To do this, you must click on the "Search Address Book" button and thus provide the service with access to your mailbox. After you find the person you need, you can click on the “Read” button, and now he will be among the “followers” ​​or, as they say on Twitter, followers. If someone finds you and adds, then he will be displayed on your page among readers or followers. You can unsubscribe from messages by clicking the "Cancel" button.
In addition to these functions, Twitter provides the ability to add your photos to your profile and attach to messages. You can design the page to your liking by choosing the design style convenient for you in the settings.
That's probably all about how to use Twitter. As you can see, this service is quite easy to use. But, at the same time, it is an excellent advertising platform and news site.