Any advice before joining Twitter?

[Chaos Lord Aleph]

I'm thinking of joining Twitter someday. But it's a social networking site and it's my first time doing it so I need advice before I join Twitter. Can you give good advice about Twitter before I join?
@michaelm928 How am I supposed to do what you just said?

[Michaelm928]

Stay away from sexual predators... Other than that stay friendly without exposing to much of your self and try meeting new people...

[Marwan]

Some applications for Twitter:
http://twitdom.com/
http://oneforty.com/essentials

[Sagar]

just try the facebook , it is the most popular social networking site in today's life and much better then twitter . adding friends , updates all are so cool and easy .

[Finch]

Just remember Twitter is all about having a conversation. Don't just post random things, do talk to people, include links people might find interesting.

There are a huge range of sites and apps now where you can find groups to join that might interest you. Twellow, Twibes etc.

A few accounts to follow to start you off might be something like local BBC news, NME if you're in to music, local DJs, the bands you like, sports people you like, then search for accounts containing the name of your hometown and follow them too.

Stay quiet for a while if you like, and just read what other people say. Then if you're interesting, people will follow you too.