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How do you basically work and use Twitter? :D? - Insanewilderness532 - 11-09-2012 07:31 PM
Ive heard of following but what does it mean the same with tweets and whats a subscriber ?
- knownout - 11-09-2012 07:39 PM
No Neither
- Nathan - 11-09-2012 07:39 PM
- Following is when you 'follow' someone - when you are on Twitter, say if you like BBC News, when you are logged into Twitter, if you go to the BBC News twitter page - @BBCNews, you can click "Follow", and you'll be following their tweets - so every time they write a new message/tweet, you'll receive it in your homepage bit - a bit like when people update their facebook status.
- on Twitter, there is nothing known as a subscriber, but there are followers - people who follow you - so every time you write a tweet, those following you, will be able to see it.
- to send messages to people on twitter (which are public), you use their username. say if it were BBC News again, you'd tweet; "@BBCNews (message goes here).
- that's basically how you work it really. if you get sent a message or if someone sends a tweet to you, it will notify you.
- Social Diva - 11-09-2012 07:39 PM
Subscriber - someone who uses Twitter
Tweets - what you type in when you wish to send a message to everyone, as a reply to someone or as a direct message to a specific subscriber or user
Following - people who you follow
Follower - people who follows you
Retweet - when you repost someone's tweet where you credit them for it
For twitter netiquette, you may check this source: http://garious.com/blog/2010/08/social-netiquette-in-the-twitterverse/
For basic guide on how to use twitter, please check out their support center on the source below: