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Getting Started on Twitter

| | "Twitter in Plain English" is an oldie-but-goodie for understanding why Twitter is useful. The videos below are created by Common Craft, @CommonCraft or CommonCraft on Facebook.

Twitter in Plain English

Twitter Search in Plain English

| | Twitter is one of those platforms that is always changing here and there, so for a Twitter Tutorial, I'm going to send you directly to the source.

Twitter 101: How should I get started using Twitter?

Get to Know Twitter: New User FAQ

The Twitter Glossary

Welcome to Twitter Support!

How to Sign Up on Twitter

| | Twitter Tutorial: The Basics on How to Tweet, Reply, and Follow (by Social Magnets)

Description: The video that follows is a short 6-min tutorial that I made (Feb 2013) to help new and existing Twitter users learn a bit more about navigating in the Twitter web application. Do you know where to find the code to embed a tweet? How about where to make a new list or follow a list? How do you view a tweetstream as a conversation? Learn it here.

Twitter Tutorial: Basic Navigation

Twitter Tutorial

Twitter Tour: Let us show you around!

Welcome to your new home.

Post your own Tweets.

Track your interactions.

Monitor your mentions.

Discover what's happening.

Keep tabs on what others are doing.

Follow interesting accounts.

Search to discover even more.

Check out your profile page.

Send and receive direct messages.

Further Reading: Keep on learning!

There is some Twitter vocabulary you should definitely learn if you're not going to be called out as a n00b immediately. Here's an alphabetical list - all of the definitions can be found in the official Twitter Glossary:

#

@

DM

FF

to follow

follower

following

handle

hashtag

HT

lists

mention

MT

OH

reply

a retweet

to retweet

RT

trending

to trend

a tweet

to tweet

Twitter

unfollow

URL

URL shortener

Note: There's a difference between a mention and a reply. Make sure you know which is which.