Twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms where people upload messages, posts that are also known as tweets. You will see somebody's posts in the Twitter 'timeline' if you follow them. You have the option of following individuals and organizations that share your educational and personal interests.
You can either make your original posts or share content which has already been tweeted. Retweeting allows for the rapid and effective distribution of information to a significant number of people.
On Twitter you can:
- Promote something such as a product or service
- Meet a significant number of people via tweets or retweets that have the same interests as you do
- Create relationships with experts of your profession by following their work and learn more things
- Follow the newest trends and news and what's going on around the world
- Obtain feedback on your work as well as provide such feedback to other people too
- Engage in conversations about activities which you can't participate in person, such as conferences etc.
How to use Twitter?
Learning how to use Twitter is not that difficult, especially if you already have knowledge on how social media platforms work. All you have to do is create an account by providing some data such as your email address, name, surname and more.
After you have created your account you can then search people who you want to follow, browse tweets that you are interested in and upload your own posts (tweets).
How to customize your profile
The steps in customizing your Twitter profile are as follows:
- Login to your account
- Click your profile
- Tap the edit profile button which can be used to change your Twitter profile photo, cover picture, your bio and personal data.
- Make your changes by clicking or tapping on any of these areas
- If you want to change the cover photo or profile picture then click the camera icon and upload a photo
- Lastly, just save by clicking the save button.
