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Twitter Basics and Best Practices

The document provides an overview of basics for using Twitter, including starting an account, usernames, and boundaries. It defines common Twitter terminology such as followers, hashtags, retweets, and tweetstreams. Abbreviations used on Twitter are listed, such as DM for direct message, RT for retweet, and #FF for Follow Friday. Information is also provided about participating in Twitter chats and uploading images. Guidelines are offered such as curating your feed, interacting with followers, and remembering that tweets alone do not define your online presence.

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Twitter Basics and Best Practices

The document provides an overview of basics for using Twitter, including starting an account, usernames, and boundaries. It defines common Twitter terminology such as followers, hashtags, retweets, and tweetstreams. Abbreviations used on Twitter are listed, such as DM for direct message, RT for retweet, and #FF for Follow Friday. Information is also provided about participating in Twitter chats and uploading images. Guidelines are offered such as curating your feed, interacting with followers, and remembering that tweets alone do not define your online presence.

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Basics:

*starting an account *purpose *username *personal & professional boundaries/parameters *anatomy of a tweet

Twitter Lingo:

follower: someone who follows a Twitter account avatar: like a username; describes you or your main reason for tweeting hashtag: # indicates a topic or theme. Sometimes these are more like a punchline. retweet: forwarding someones tweet TweetStream: a persons flow of tweets. Most people say stream,feed,timeline Tweeter: a Twitter user Tweeps: your followers and the people you follow Twitterati: celebrity or popular Twitter users

Twitter Abbreviations:

DM direct message, direct messaging; for example D @username RTretweet MTmodified retweet. Usually means tweet is truncated for space. @syour collection of mentions/messages sent to your attention FF Follow Friday, usually preceded by a hashtag: #FF IIRCif I remember correctly AFAIKas far as I know NPno problem OHoverheard TYthank you YWyoure welcome

Chats
*Finding them *Participating in them *Tweetchat Correlary site; allows for streamlined participation in Chats *Twitpix Correlary site; easy way to upload pics to Twitter

Guidelines that work for @rightingteacher :


*cull your feed *remember its a stream *follow people who interact with followers *RT trusted tweeps liberally *reach out/engage/ask questions *remember that a tweet is short form, but a timeline is long form; youre establishing an online presence/persona *follow some people you wouldnt have access to irl *be prepared for emerging conventions
*Twitter=/=TV=/=Facebook

Questions? Tweet me, @rightingteacher !

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