Twitter for Beginners

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Double double, toil and trouble twitzer twhirl twitch and twubble . The language of Shakespeare’s era may be difficult to understand but so is internet speak; the vocabulary of Twitter adding to the frothing cauldron.

Where do you begin with Twitter?:

As you may know the basic Twitter interface is just that - basic. Type in a short message and press enter. There are some official twitter commands that you can use. For example the @ command before a contacts name addresses a message to that person:

  • From Sueblimely ” @Shakespeare Your rhymes are more revolting than Roald Dahl’s”
  • DHLawrence to Shakespeare - “@Shakespeare When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder That such trivial people should muse and thunderIn such a lovely language.”
  • replies from Shakespeare:
    • @Sueblimely I thank you for your voice: thank you: Your most sweet voice. I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
    • @ DHLawrence Thou surly ill-breeding death-token!

Adding “Retweet: @” indicates that you are rebroadcasting a message made by someone else. e.g.

  • Retweet: @Hamlet I am struck with wonder That such trivial people should muse and thunder In such a lovely language.

A hashtag (#) before a word is a kind of tag, a word which identifies a topic, place, event etc.

Hamlet Yorick Twitter
#Hamlet @horatio O, I die, Horatio; The potent poison quite o’er-crows my spirit: I cannot live to hear the tweets from England;

Be careful you do not misquote :-) It may help to take a look at The Art and Science of Retweeting for Twitteraholics by Blogging Bits.

There are so many applications, clients. scripts and extensions for interacting with Twitter (hereafter referred to as “thingies” - no that should be “thwingies”). Twitter is becoming far more than a simple messaging platform; with potential to provide us with valuable targeted multimedia information via computer and phone. Taking advantage of this means using more than the basic twitter site interface.

Where to find out more about Twitter thwingies:

How and why to use Twitter:

That is enough reading material for now. While writing this, I have been trying to think of new twitter terms. How about:

  • Twinkling - what the the Twitterati Glitterati do, whereas the rest of us tweet or twitter.
  • Twender - how you message your sweetheart.
  • Twyslexic - bad spelling in tertwit
  • Twenterhooks - when you are waiting eagerly for a reply

I will leave you to guess what these already coined unofficial Twitter terms mean.

  • Twisticuffs
  • Twitterrheart
  • Tweetheart

You can find the answers on the Twitter Fan Wiki Glossary and check out more Twitter terms and shortcuts on their Twictionary.

If you can think of any more of these, or know of good beginner’s guides to Twitter, please leave a comment or send a tweet to @Sueblimely.

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2008-05-26 07:41:11

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Comment by no imageIgor The Troll (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 18:40:46

Twitt!

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Comment by no imageSueblimely (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 18:51:25

Hi Igor. Not sure if your comment was in relation to me for writing this post (accurate too) or a Twitter term you are suggesting. It is good to see you here in my little part of the blogosphere. Do come again. :razz:
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Comment by no imageMN MLS (Who am I?)
2008-11-11 07:57:54

Thanks for this info! I have been spending some time trying to learn more about Twitter. I appreciate you sharing this info with us. Thanks again.

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Comment by no imageCat (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 19:04:40

Thanks for linking to my Guide, but please also give correct credit, thanks. C

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Comment by no imageSueblimely (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 19:18:40

Apologies,carocat. I have now given you two links to make up for it :smile:

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Comment by no imageCat (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 20:48:37

Thanks a lot. :)

And I’m glad you liked it!

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Comment by no imageIgor The Troll (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 19:06:00

I guess you have not seen Michael Arrington Twitter video comments post? Twitt!

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Comment by no imageLightening from Lightenings Blogworld (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 19:47:45

How timely Sueblimely. Just this afternoon I decided it was time I actually DID something with the Twitter account I signed up for AGES ago.

Right now I still have very little clue how it all works. But I’m guessing I’ll get the hang it sooner or later.

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Comment by no imageCat (Who am I?)
2008-05-26 20:50:26

PLay around with Twitter for a couple days, look through the options, find yourself a great application to tweet from and you’ll never want to go back!

Twitter’s been having problems for a few days and I’ve missed it!

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Comment by no imagedianeca (Who am I?)
2008-05-27 05:38:29

Wow the blog world is abuzz with handy info today. Zhu posted on basiics for blogging, I posted on IMVU and you are all a twitter about twitter. I haven’t registered there yet but will probably do so within the next week. Word is if you aren’t twittering you aren’t ‘in’ :-)
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2008-05-27 10:06:26

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Comment by no imageZubli Zainordin (Who am I?)
2008-05-27 20:31:02

Wow! Sueblimely, this post is simply funtwitteristic! I am learning a lot. For example the use of a simply key to achieve an interesting result. Earlier I am not moving deep into Twitter but now I shall enjoy the benefits Twitter is offering…

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Comment by no imageZubli Zainordin (Who am I?)
2008-05-27 20:42:57

Dear Sueblimely, it has worthwhile my visiting and reading here, The God willing, I shall spend more precious moments benefiting form your posts, soon…

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Comment by no imagearoengbinang (Who am I?)
2008-05-27 21:12:49

I have ever used Twitter service for a couple of days and decided to stop using it. It might be because I haven’t really learnt deeper to get more benefit of it.
Thanks for the article. I will give it a second chance.

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Comment by no imageTony from Airport Parking (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 01:47:27

Great post - twitter can be baffling to many - like me :roll:

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Comment by no imageShinade (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 02:04:56

Hi Sue,
My goodness it has been ages. I took a long long break and it is taking me sometime to make all of the rounds.

I am so grateful to you for this post. I have wanted to add twitter for so long. I already have registered but was too numb to understand all of it.

I have a post to get prepared for a friend who just had his book first book of poetry published.

And, I have to do a graphic for Speedy’s latest and greatest crazy antic.

After that I am headed right back here and see if I can follow your instructions and finally get on Twitter.

Oh BTW….Laurence is my daughter’s specialty. I am not a modernist fan. I love The Romantics. But, after listening to 8 years of Laurence and working through two dissertations with her….I know his writing well. But, I still don’t care for him.

Please don’t tell on me okay?
Hugs,
Jackie:-)

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Comment by no imageSueblimely (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 10:40:28

I am really getting into the swing of things with Twitter now and enjoying having some more direct contact with people I know through blogging. I am finding it an excellent source of news and good posts too - often it is a reminder for me to check out a blog if I am slow reading my RSS feeds. Twitter is the reason I found out about the next topic I am going to blog about too.

I always found Lawrence hard going. I liked Hardy when young and later became a Jane Austen fan - still love her books. My partner does not know how I could have liked Hardy because books are so depressing.

I look forward to catching up with you on Twitter when you are less busy. Please contact me if you need any help with it.

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Comment by no imageShinade (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 02:06:31

Oh dear,
I forgot to tell you that when I do my drops later today I will try to find you through a search and start dropping on you!! :smile:

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Comment by no imageSueblimely (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 10:46:28

To find someone on Entrecard you can click on the E in their blog’s Entrecard ad, next to or above the Drop Button, and it takes you to their profile.

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Comment by no imageColin Campbell (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 08:45:57

Twitterrificabulousplendid Sue

I like Twhirl and it is good for guick direct messages.

I only use it from time to time and only from my computer. It is for the most part a bit silly and massively time wasting.

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Comment by no imageSueblimely (Who am I?)
2008-05-28 10:43:46

I should have added that another good thing about Twitter is being silly :-) I agree though there is silly as in funny and silly as in inane on there. I do not want to know what someone had for breakfast.

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2008-05-28 12:16:24

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Comment by no imageBarbara Ling (Who am I?)
2008-05-29 06:09:34

What a super list of Twitter options! Might I also add my Twitter humor site - http://www.TwitterBudgie.com ? It’s guaranteed to generate a smile or 76. :)

Best wishes,

Barbara

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2008-05-30 19:56:06

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Comment by no imageEric from Trilastin Sr (Who am I?)
2008-05-31 19:23:57

Is there a way to see the @replies people send to you if you are not following them? I can’t find the setting.

Thx

Eric

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Comment by no imageMatt from Tool Belt (Who am I?)
2008-06-01 08:55:19

Every where I go all the rage is twitter, thanks for the little beginner tutorial because I had no idea what it was.

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Comment by no imageCurtis (Who am I?)
2008-06-01 14:41:36

Very good article about the Tweetaholics like me. I enjoyed reading it and visiting all the links.

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Comment by no imageJaimie from Remote Backup (Who am I?)
2008-06-04 08:02:39

haha i love your stwongbad on the sidebar. cant help but laugh every time i hear his voice @_@

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2008-06-08 05:49:45

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Comment by no imageJason from Texas golf courses (Who am I?)
2008-06-09 06:26:44

Im not really sure what makes twitter so great, but lot of people seem to use it. I might be adding it to my Texas golf blog once i get some more posts up.

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2008-06-10 07:30:11

links from TechnoratiPosts on Twitter You Might Find Helpful The Big Juicy Twitter Guide by Caroline Middlebrook Newbies Guide to Twitter by Chris Brogan 9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers by Problogger Guide to Twitter as a Tool for MarketingTwitter for Beginnersby Sueblimely

 
Comment by no imageSilla (Who am I?)
2008-06-17 02:39:01

Didn’t know Twitter was so complicated! :???:
Thanks for the resources :)

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Comment by no imagediani (Who am I?)
2008-06-29 14:24:38

That’s a superb info.
This twity things seem too complicated for me.
:grin:
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Comment by no imageFlower Types (Who am I?)
2008-07-24 00:08:32

I liked this post, it is very informative and comprehensive

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