TWITTER IS BAFFLING TO NEW USERS, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP YOU TO ORGANISE THINGS A LITTL BIT AND GET MORE OUT OF IT
So you're following a thousand Twitter users, and your wall is cluttered with all sorts of junk?!!!
You miss your 'friends' posts because of all the noise...
It's all a big mess!
Don't stress though, there are ways of making it all a bit simpler. Solutions? - Twitter Search, Tags, Twitter Lists (just a few easy ones to get you going)
Twitter Search
The most basic, yet quickest way to find out what's being said about anything - simply type in a search term and it will pop up the tweets that mention that search term. I typed in "world cup" in the search and this is what you get:
"world cup" search (example)
Tags
Any word that has a hashtag - # immediately in front of it. If you click on one of these, it will bring up all the tweets containing that tag. For example - #worldcup (try it). It's basically Twitter performing a search for you using the exact term when you click the link. It makes it a lot quicker and easier to get the results you want.
Twitter Lists
Possibly the best way of using Twitter for what you want. A Twitter List is a group of Twitter users who have been labelled under a heading. You can start your own list easily, and/or you can follow other people's lists.
What a List does - is ONLY show you Tweets from the people in that list. For example:
You have a hobby - knitting. You are interested to read about and talk to other people who enjoy knitting too so you decide to create a list for "knitters". You can put anybody you like in this list once you've set it up, you don't even have to be following them.
> Go to Lists
> Click New list
> Give your list a name e.g. "knitters"
> Give it a description e.g. "People who enjoy the wonderful sport of speed knitting!"
> Choose whether to make your list public (anyone can follow the list) or private (only you can access the list)
You can also add people from your Following page or anyone’s profile page. It's simple - when you visit someone's profile there's a box that says "lists". Click the drop-down menu and tick the box or boxes that you want them to be listed on.
Once you've created your lists, you can pick and choose what to read and talk about. It might be:
- Check the news
- See what your closest friends are talking about
- Read about your favourite hobby
- Join in a Twitter game
- Catch up on the latest jokes
Making and using lists makes it much better - YOU decide what and who you want to read about without having to filter through all the other tweets that are nothing to do with what you want to read, and there can be a list for whatever mood you have! Have fun.
If you want more help in terms of how it all works and how to get more followers, go here
TWITTER NEWBIE GUIDE
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