What is the Twitter?
How Do I Chirp?
This is a question that I've received a number of times from people wanting to learn more about the wide world of social media. I'm sure many of you are on Facebook, (If you're not, you should be. It's the most useful form of social media.) so I will use some terminology you are hopefully familiar with. Twitter is essentially just you posting your Facebook status, but you only have 140 characters to do it. (A character is any key on your keyboard.) This is called a tweet....not a chirp.
The most common interaction is "following" other people who post these statuses. As you follow more people or organizations, you create a list of information that interests you, and you can interact with these people by "favoriting" (liking) or replying to their tweet. You can also "re-tweet" which sends the other person's tweet to anyone who follows you.
The last and most important thing that you need to know about Twitter is the hashtag. It looks like this: "#". I know, I know, it's a pound sign. Sorry, not anymore. Now it's also a hashtag. My arrogant generation of millennials have taken it upon themselves to redefine an entire symbol. This is used to link a certain trend or event to an easily searchable tag. An examble would be #taylorswift or #Hillary2016.
I know it's complicated. Take a deep breath. It's really nothing important. Social media has its benefits, but it has probably done more harm than good to our society. Look for a more in-depth post about this topic in the future.
If you'd like to make an account and try it out, follow the link below. Pop in your name, email address and chosen username which will appear "@(yourusername)" and start searching for things you like. Try your favorite news source, politician, or celebrity to start. You can also find your friends by searching for their name.
Sign up here!
Happy Tweeting!
The most common interaction is "following" other people who post these statuses. As you follow more people or organizations, you create a list of information that interests you, and you can interact with these people by "favoriting" (liking) or replying to their tweet. You can also "re-tweet" which sends the other person's tweet to anyone who follows you.
The last and most important thing that you need to know about Twitter is the hashtag. It looks like this: "#". I know, I know, it's a pound sign. Sorry, not anymore. Now it's also a hashtag. My arrogant generation of millennials have taken it upon themselves to redefine an entire symbol. This is used to link a certain trend or event to an easily searchable tag. An examble would be #taylorswift or #Hillary2016.
I know it's complicated. Take a deep breath. It's really nothing important. Social media has its benefits, but it has probably done more harm than good to our society. Look for a more in-depth post about this topic in the future.
If you'd like to make an account and try it out, follow the link below. Pop in your name, email address and chosen username which will appear "@(yourusername)" and start searching for things you like. Try your favorite news source, politician, or celebrity to start. You can also find your friends by searching for their name.
Sign up here!
Happy Tweeting!
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