Whats with Twitter? I don't get it.?

[just one thing]

I have an account - but I don't get it... you just put, for instance, @theellenshow with your message, and whoever manages the ellen show's twitter gets the message? Is it basically just for un-famous people to keep up with famous people? whats with the #stupidpoundsignthing? Will someone @ me something so I can see what the H it does? I'm @variatasha - at least I think it is... HELP ME WITH TWITTER!!!

[Chelsea Jay]

i hate twitter .

[lowpollution472]

I used to tell my friends its a legal way of stalking people.
But it's actually really fun. I made a lot of friends half way around the world that have the same intrest in blink 182 as I do & yeah it's really fun.

[Alejandro]

well when you do an @ the other person can see that message but if its ellen then she prob wont read it cause she must get tons a minute follow me @alejandro408

[Sarv]

Usually, I think, personal celebrity accounts are personal. It is possible that
@theellenshow is managed by her managers.

Hashtags is a way to put a tweet in a specific topic, some use them as ads.
You may find what a specific #hashtags mean at:
http://twubs.com/ or
http://whatthetrend.com/ or just google

Mentions i.e. @username can be viewed under mentions timeline of receiver's account
whether receiver follows you or not. The mentions timeline can be viewed by clicking
on @username in the sidebar of twitter profile. This is also publicly viewable if any
user performs a twitter search for @username.
But if receiver is not following you he will not view your tweet in his main timeline.

hope that helps