About the Tweet Location Feature

The Tweets Application for LinkedIn

We've been working with LinkedIn to make it easier to find and follow your LinkedIn connections on Twitter.
Using this application, you can:

• see which of your LinkedIn connections are on Twitter
• follow chosen LinkedIn connections on Twitter, right from the application
• save your LinkedIn connections as a list
• post your Tweets to LinkedIn
• add your Twitter account to your LinkedIn profile

How to Set Up the Tweets Application for Linked In:

1. Log in to your LinkedIn account
2. visit http://tweets.linkedin.com/twitter to add the application.
3. Click the Yellow “Link your accounts and you’re good to go!

How To Use Advanced Twitter Search

Can't find exactly what you're looking for in search?

If Twitter search is not turning up results for your desired terms, you may want to use the advanced search form.
You may also want to try using our new Search Operators. From this list you can fine tune your search query. Just follow the examples provided and edit in your own search terms to see the best results!

How to Save Searches

Did you know you can save searches on Twitter? When you save a search, you can always come back and get the latest results for that query, without ever having to type in the same words. In one click, you can view search results for topics that matter most to you.

How to Save a Search:

1. Log in to your Twitter account
2. Type your query into the search box at the top of the page (highlighted below) and press your return key
3. Once your results appear, click the "Save this search" button (highlighted below)

How to Revisit a Saved Search:

1. Log in to your Twitter account
2. Click on the "Searches" tab in the middle of your page
3. Select which search you would like to visit in the drop-down menu that appears (as shown below)

How to Delete a Saved Search:

1. Log in to your Twitter account
2. Open your saved search from the "Searches" dropdown menu (shown above)
3. When results appear, you'll see a button to "Remove saved search"
4. Click that button, and your search will no longer appear in your "Searches" tab

About Twitter Search Results

Searching for relevant Tweets from your account home page or on twitter.com/search just got a little more interesting. Now when you search for something or click on a trending topic, not only will it deliver more relevant Tweets, but it will also show you related photos and videos, right there on the results page.

Twitter's top search results as seen for the search term "Oprah":



Below are some frequently asked questions about this beta feature.

How can I make these top results go away, or come back?

• You'll have the option to hide the most popular search results in favor of real-time Tweets by selecting "All" from the drop-down menu, shown in the screenshot below.
• If you'd like to see the popular Tweets displayed again at the top, simply reselect "Top" from the drop-down menu.

What's the difference between Top search results and Twitter's "Promoted Tweets"?

Promoted Tweets and top search results are similar in that they are both relevant to your query and share popularity and resonance among other users. The image below outlines how these results appear:

How does Twitter determine which Tweets will show up on top?

Just like Twitter's "trending topics," Twitter's staff does not editorialize which Tweets show up on top of search results. Twitter search uses an algorithm that determines the quality of the Tweet by letting users interact with it the way they normally do. This should help you find the information you want to know (and some information that may surprise you) faster.

Why aren't the most recent Tweets always at the top of my search?

Users who search for Tweets on twitter.com/search may see some older results highlighted at the top because they have been determined to be "top search results" for your query. Our search engines have found those Tweets to be particularly relevant to the subject you’re looking for, even though they may not be the most recently posted Tweets. You can easily toggle to “All” to view the rest of your search results in real-time order.

What are Top images and Top videos?

Top images and videos are popular media related to your search query, and results are determined much in the same way as top Tweets. Click "view all" to see the most relevant and popular image and video results for your search query.

I've searched for something and didn't see any Top results. Why?

This is probably because the query is too specific or too general and we might not have enough data to determine any popular results yet. You'll still see all relevant real-time Tweets in your results.

What are Top Tweets?

Top Tweets float to the top of your search because of their popularity among other Twitter users and because of their relevancy to your query. These results should be helpful, insightful, and maybe even entertaining. Searching on twitter.com/search works exactly like it did before – by pulling relevant Tweets from our real-time public timeline. You can even use our advanced search operators to narrow your results further. This top search results feature should simply make your results more relevant than before.

Having Trouble?

If you're having trouble with search, please see our Search Troubleshooting section for more information.
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How To Link Directly to an Individual Tweet

Each tweet on Twitter has a unique URL. You can use this link to navigate directly to the Tweet or to refer someone directly to any Tweet. These direct status links make it easier to share individual Tweets by email or IM.

Here's how to find a Tweet's URL:

• Locate the Tweet anywhere on Twitter.com.
• Click on the Tweet's timestamp. Below each Tweet, you'll see information about when the Tweet was posted. We call this the "timestamp".
• You'll land on a page showing only that Tweet. This link does not expire. Here is the link to the Tweet shown below: http://twitter.com/Support/status/19606107137
• Copy the URL that show up in your browser.
• Paste the URL in a message to anyone with whom you want to share the Tweet.

Now, you can direct friends to any individual Tweet! It's that easy.
You can also click onto a Tweet's permanent link (permalink, for short) to see:

• The exact time the Tweet was posted.
• The service or application used to post the Tweet (Twitter.com, Twitter for iPhone, Tweetdeck, etc.)
• A sampling of the users who retweeted the Tweet.

How to Promote Your Profile

Your profile represents you on Twitter. Follow the simple steps below to help more people find and follow you, and thus maximize your followers and engagement with your Tweets on Twitter.

1. Promote your Twitter profile with your personalized URL

• When you first create your account, your username (ex: @marthastewart) becomes part of your Twitter URL (http://twitter.com/marthastewart).
  • Your Twitter URL links directly to your profile page and is the easiest and quickest way for others to find you on Twitter.
• Make sure you email this URL out to your fans, and share it whenever you talk about Twitter.
• People who go to this URL and sign up for Twitter will start following you automatically. Use this link whenever possible to promote your presence on Twitter and gain more followers!

2. Make sure you appear in Search

• Twitter user search ranks results for every user by name, username, and the bio on your profile.
• In order for your account to appear in search results, make sure your username, real name, and bio are all filled out and contain key words that you would like to be associated with your Twitter account.
• It is also important to tweet, retweet, and mention regularly to gain resonance amongst your followers so that search results are up to date.
  • Please note that user search results are updated daily, so it may take 1-2 days for any changes to your name, username, to affect results for a given search term.

3. Set up a recommended list for people who sign up

"Warm Sign Up" is a feature that enables you to present a list of the best Twitter accounts to brand-new Twitter users when they first sign-up specifically through your Twitter URL, so you can feature some of the Twitter accounts you most like to follow and give your viewers a taste of what you love on Twitter. Here's how to activate Warm Sign Up:

1. On your account, create a Twitter List of your recommended users.
2. Give the list a name (you can call it whatever you want.)
3. You can use the slots to cross-promote other accounts -- including your friends or partners
4. Make sure in the description of the list, you include the term #WelcomeToTwitter (this lets our system know to present it to new users). See example here: http://twitter.com/MarthaStewart/martha-stewart-living
5. To validate that this is working properly, please take the following steps:
6. Log in with another account on Twitter
7. Follow (or unfollow and re-follow) the account you have just created the list for
8. Go to http://twitter.com/welcome.

The page will show suggestions for the most recently followed account. You should see the users on the list you just created above.

What Is Retweet? (RT)

Like a Tweet? Retweet! Sometimes you come across a Tweet that you just have to share. Twitter's retweet (otherwise known as "RT") feature helps you and others quickly share that Tweet with all of your followers.

How to Retweet:

1. Hover over a Tweet
2. Click the retweet link, highlighted below
3. The Tweet will then be forwarded to all of your followers

Where to Find Retweets:

Click the “Retweets” tab on your homepage to see what you’ve retweeted, what’s been retweeted by people you follow, and who retweeted your Tweets! The following items appear in a drop-down menu. Click one of them to see results.

• Retweets by others: read the retweets posted by people you follow under the first tab, 'Retweets by others.'
• Retweets by you: read your own retweets- it's like the sent items in your email account. If others have also retweeted, you'll see their profile icons listed.
• Your Tweets, retweeted: find out who retweets your tweets!

Note: Please note that retweets, like regular tweets, from people you've blocked will not show up.

How Can I see Who Retweeted my Tweets in new Twitter?

Easy, just click on 'Your Tweets, Retweeted' in the Retweets tab, then click on the Tweet! The details pane will load to the right of the Tweet, complete with a tiled list of users who recently Retweeted your Tweet and the total number of times the Tweet has been Retweeted.

Disabling Retweets:

If a particular account that you follow retweets stuff that you don’t want to see in your home timeline, just visit their profile to turn off retweets from them. Here’s how:

1. Open a user’s mini-profile by clicking their username anywhere on Twitter, or go to their full profile at http://www.twitter.com/username
2. Next to the Following button, click the retweets icon as shown below. Grey = OFF, so anything that person retweets won’t show up in your timeline.
3. To turn their retweets back on, click the button to turn it green. Green = ON.

Keep in mind:

• If you see a new face in your timeline, it's because someone you follow retweeted something they thought you should see. In the message, you’ll see the picture and username of the original user, who was retweeted by someone you follow. Turn off retweets for that person if you don’t like what they share.
• Turning on or off retweets is NOT retroactive, meaning that retweets from someone you follow will be delivered to your home timeline while the retweet button for them is green; retweets will not be delivered while the button is grey.

Recognizing Retweets in Timelines and Profiles

• Retweets in all timelines and profiles are distinguished by the retweet icon followed by the name of the retweeter in the upper right-hand corner of the message.
• To credit a Tweet's author, retweets show the profile picture, user name, and tweet of the original author, with "retweeted by" information appended at bottom.
• If you see a message from a stranger in your timeline, look for the retweet icon – the retweeter should be someone you follow.

Frequently Asked Questions

People often wonder:

1. Can I turn off ALL retweets? Nope! You can unfollow a user who retweets things you don't like, but you can't turn off retweets completely.
2. When people visit my profile, can they view my retweets in a tab, like favorites? Nope. People can view the retweets posted in your profile by scrolling through the your tweets and looking for the ones with retweet icons. Only you can see your retweet archives.
3. What if I retweet from apps like Tweetie, twhirl, etc? Retweets, like regular tweets, will appear differently in different applications. All retweets from third party apps (like Tweetie and twhirl) will show up in your retweet tab IF they're using Twitter's retweet API. (Not sure? Try retweeting from your favorite app, and then check the "retweets by you" tab on the web.) Many apps have built in their own version of retweeting; retweets sent from apps that don't use the official feature will not appear in your retweet tab.
4. Are there limits on retweets? There's no limit to the number of times a tweet can be retweeted, but Twitter will only show the most recent 100 retweeters for any public tweet.

How To Tweet With Your Location

If you are not sure what tweeting with your location is, please visit our "About Tweet With Your Location" help page for more information. Please note that this feature is currently only available for US users - Twitter's @support account will let you know when it's available in other countries.

How to Enable Tweeting With Your Location:

Because tweeting with your location is disabled by default for everyone, you must enable this feature with these steps:

1. Click on your Account Settings.
2. On the bottom of that first page, check the box to "add location" to your Tweets, as shown below.
3. Click "Save".

How to Choose Your Location:

After you've enabled Tweet Location in your Settings, you'll see a location field below the "What's Happening?" box on your homepage. (Note: you may be asked by Firefox or Safari "Remember Your Location" or to "Share Location". Click yes if asked.)

• Click the crosshair icon to see the drop-down menu from which you can select your location.
• Your selected location will show up with a green check mark, as shown below.
• Click any location listed, or choose to "Search places" at the bottom of the menu to find something you don't see listed there.
• If you no longer want include location on your Tweets, simply click the tiny "x" next to the location field. This turns off location on a per-Tweet basis.

Removing All Location Data:

If you have already enabled Tweet With Your Location, you can disable it the same way you enabled it - from your Account Settings. Uncheck the box in your settings page, and click "Save". Making this change only alters your settings going forward. To remove your location data from all your prior Tweets, you’ll need to remove all location data by:

• Delete the Tweet with the data.
• Remove all location data from all of your Tweets by clicking the "delete all location data" button on your settings page. This can take up to 30 minutes, but it will scrub all location information from prior tweets.

IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTE: It is important to note, however, that deleting location data in your settings does not guarantee the information will be removed from all 3rd-party application’s copies of the data or external search results.

About Firefox with Twitter

Firefox with Twitter allows you to easily access Twitter from your browser. By downloading Firefox with Twitter or by installing the Twitter Address Bar Search Add-on for your current version of Firefox 4 or 5, you get access to the following features:

• Search for people and topics on Twitter, directly from the Firefox Address Bar (the box where you enter a URL), with usernames and hashtags.
• Access Twitter with one click through the Twitter app tab.
• Search for any keyword on Twitter through the Search Bar by selecting Twitter in the drop-down in the top right corner of the browser.

Get Firefox with Twitter at firefox.twitter.com.

FAQ

How do I access people and topic search?

1. Type any Twitter username (like @jpeg) or hashtag (like #wwdc) into the Firefox Address Bar.
2. You’ll notice that the Twitter logo appears as you do so.
3. Hit enter, and you’ll be taken directly to the user’s profile page or to a Twitter search result for the #hashtag, respectively.

How do I search Twitter for any keyword?

1. Select Twitter from the drop-down in the Firefox Search Bar.
2. Type your keyword in the search bar.
3. Press enter.

Do I need a Twitter account to use these features?

No. Firefox with Twitter is useful for anyone who wants to easily access real-time content on Twitter.com.

Which versions of Firefox are supported?

• Firefox with Twitter works on any version of Firefox 4 or newer, for any desktop or Android OS.
• note: the Add-On is only available in English at this time.

Still need help? Contact Support.









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How To Use Twitter Lists

Twitter users can organize others into groups, or “lists”. When you click to view a list, you'll see a stream of Tweets from all the users included in that group. This article will help you get started with some lists basics.
Note: you don't need to follow another user to add them to a list; if you want to read a user's Tweets but not see their messages in your main timeline every day, lists allow you to do that. Similarly, following someone else's list does not mean you follow all users in that list. Rather, you follow the list itself.

How to Create a List

To create a new list, follow these instructions:

1. Visit the profile of the first user you would like to add to your list
2. Click the person icon. This brings up a drop-down Actions menu.
3. Select "Add to list"
4. Enter the credentials of your list and choose whether others can see it or whether it is private
5. Check to see if the user you wanted to add was successfully included in that list: to do this, click the person icon and select "Add to list". A checkmark will be added next to lists in which that user is included (shown below under "Adding or Removing People").

Some notes about Lists:

• 20 lists per user
• List names cannot begin with a numerical character
• List names cannot exceed 25 characters
• Maximum of 500 accounts on each list

Adding or Removing People From Your Lists

You can add users (including yourself!) from anywhere you see the list drop-down on someone's profile. This includes the following:

• People searches
• Profile pages (including your own)
• Yours and other users followers and following lists

Check the boxes of lists you want to include that person in. Uncheck the box if you want to remove them from the list.

Checking out your Lists stats

On your Twitter Profile page, clicking on the “listed” number (which is next to your “followers” number) will bring up a page all about what lists you are on. Click it to see yours!

Viewing List Content

To view the stream of Tweets from any group of people in lists you follow or have created, follow these steps:

1. Go to your "Home" page
2. Click the "Lists" tab on the left panel of the screen
3. Choose which list you'd like to view
4. Right away, you'll see a stream of Tweets from the users included in that list

Editing or Deleting Lists

To edit or delete a list, follow these steps:

1. Go to your Profile page
2. Click the "Lists" tab on the left panel of the screen
3. You will see lists you've created, lists you're in, or other people's lists you follow
4. Select which list you'd like to edit or delete from lists you've created. Click edit to update your list credentials or click delete to remove the list entirely.
5. You cannot add or remove people from your list on this page – you must do that from the profile pages of each individual you wish to add or delete. See above.

Subscribing to/Following Other People's Lists

Following a list is as simple as following any other Twitter user. Simply click on the Lists tab when viewing their profile, and select which lists options you want to see. Click the follow button to follow one of their lists.
You can also consequently remove yourself from a list by blocking the creator of the list.
Note: If the owner of a list that you're following includes a public user that you've blocked, you will still see the updates of the blocked user. This behavior is similar to visiting the profile page of a public user that you've blocked: you're still able to read their tweets.

Mentioning Lists

You can link to any Twitter List by mentioning it as you would any Twitter user, just add a forward slash “/” followed by the list name to list owners username:
@/ (example: @SchauerTime/News)

Note: Renaming a list will break any links you've posted to that list.

What Are Top Tweets?

What are Top Tweets?

Top Tweets are popular Tweets that have caught the attention of other Twitter users.

• When you search for a popular term, you will likely see three "Top Tweet" results, marked with a small icon as shown below.
• You can use Top Tweets to quickly find the updates that other users are finding interesting, insightful, and helpful at this very moment!
• You can see examples and follow Top Tweets at www.twitter.com/TopTweets

How are these Tweets selected?

We've built an algorithm that finds the Tweets that have caught the attention of other users.

• Top Tweets will refresh automatically and are surfaced for popularly-retweeted subjects based on this algorithm.
• We think that showing the Tweets that other users have retweeted, shared, and interacted with can help you find new and helpful information more easily.

Why don't I see the Tweets I like on Top Tweets?

Top Tweets are Tweets that lots of people are interacting with and sharing via retweets, replies, and more.

• If Tweets you love aren't showing up as Top Tweets, it means those Tweets may not be part of widespread conversation as much as the Tweets that are Top Tweets for any given search term.

How To Find Friends and Colleagues on Twitter

Highlights of this article:

• With your permission and a few easy steps, we can check your email address book to see which of your contacts are currently using Twitter.
• You can then choose to follow them if you want to get their Tweets.

To import an address book:

1. Visit the Find People link in the Who to Follow section.
2. Click the icon that corresponds to your email provider (Gmail, Yahoo, Aol, and Hotmail & Messenger)
3. A new window will pop-up, prompting you to enter your log in credentials for your email. (Please make sure your browser enables pop ups!)
4. When asked if you agree to share your information with Twitter, click 'Agree' or 'Allow' access.
5. A list of your friends and colleagues on Twitter will populate in the center of the page. You can choose to follow all of them by selecting the blue 'Follow All' button on the right hand side of the results, or if you'd like to see updates only from specific people, you can choose to follow your email contacts individually using the grey 'follow' button next to their information.
   Please note: if you click "Follow all", you can still manually unfollow people on this screen or at any time in the future.
6. Once you have selected the friends and colleagues you wish to follow, a confirmation message will appear.
7. You're done! You can navigate back to your Home timeline to view posts from your friends and colleagues.
   If you have contacts that do not have Twitter accounts, you can click “Send Request” to email them individually or click “Invite Them” at the top of the page to email them all. You can also click “Try Another Service” to import more contacts from a different account.
   

Step 1: Click Find People link in Who to Follow section


Steps 2 & 3: click link for your email provider (in this example, Yahoo!), enter credentials in pop-up window.


Step 4: Click agree to allow access to your address book so Twitter can find which of your contacts are on Twitter!


Step 5: Select 'Send Request', 'Follow' or 'Follow All' from the list provided.


Step 6: Confirmation message for a user you've followed from the import list.

Having Trouble?

Check out our Search Troubleshooting section for solutions to common problems.

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What are @Replies and Mentions?

What is an @Reply?

A reply is any update posted by clicking the "Reply" button on another Tweet

People say lots of things on Twitter, and sometimes you want to say something back. Your reply will always begin with @username (insert username of the person you are replying to). Anyone Tweet that is a reply to you will show up in your @Mentions tab on your homepage.
To post a reply on Twitter:

• Find the Tweet you want to react to on Twitter.
• Hover your mouse over their message and click the "reply" icon.
• Complete your Tweet in the box that pops up, and click "Tweet" to send it

What is an @Mention?

A mention is any Twitter update that contains @username anywhere in the body of the Tweet. (Yes, this means that replies are also considered mentions.)

We noticed people frequently searching for their user name (@username) to find the Tweets that mention their username anywhere in the message. We collect these messages, as well as all your replies, in the @Mentions tab on your homepage. If you include more than one person's name in your update and you use the @username format, those people will all see the update in their personal mentions tab.
To post a mention on Twitter:

• Type your message normally, but replace any names you include with @username (including the person's Twitter username). Our system will recognize and highlight the username that way, as shown below for this mention of @FreelanceWhales (a super cool band that we mentioned).

If I see a reply in my timeline, how do I know what message they replied to?

Easy! Just click any space around the Tweet and your details pane will open to display the Tweet they replied to, as well as other content related to the message.

Things to Note:

• When you visit another user's profile page on Twitter, you will not see a mentions tab for them. But you can search for all Tweets mentioning their username in our search box. Search for "@username" to view results.
• People will only see others' replies in their home timeline if they are following both the sender and recipient of the update.
• People will see any mentions posted by someone they follow (all mentions are treated like regular Tweets).
• People with protected accounts can only send replies to people they have approved to follow them.
• If someone sends you a reply and you are not following the user, the reply will not appear on your Home timeline. Instead, the reply will appear in your Mentions timeline.
• Replies will always have "in reply to" listed next to their timestamp. If a Tweet doesn't have this, it's a mention.

What Is a Direct Message? (DM)

What's a Message? (formerly called a Direct Message)

A Message (previously called a Direct Message) is a private message sent via Twitter to one of your followers. (This is different than mentions and @replies.)

• In turn, people you follow can send you a private message.
• You cannot send a direct message to a user who is not following you.

How to Send a Private Message via the Web:

1. Log in to your Twitter account.
2. Click the "Messages" button on the top menu bar of your page.
3. You'll land on a page showing your private messages history. Click the "New Message" button, highlighted below. Click to send a new message.
4. In the pop-up box, type the name or username of the person you wish to send to.
5. Enter the message you wish to privately send, and click "Send."

Tip: Make sure that user follows you. You may only send a direct message to your followers.

How to Send a Private Message From Your Phone:

In addition to sending direct messages from the web, you can also send direct messages from your phone and most 3rd party applications.

1. Open a text message window to your Twitter short code, or logging in to your application
2. Begin your message with a letter "d" and the username of the follower your wish to message, like this: d olivia
3. Type your message, being careful not to exceed 140 characters. (Example: d Support Hey support! Thanks for your help.)
4. Send the message

Note: If your message is longer than 140 characters and Twitter receives it intact, we will send your message in two parts for you. But, beware: if your service provider breaks up long messages into two parts before sending the message to Twitter, we will only see the d+username attached to the first message! The second part will post to the public time line as a regular update because it doesn't have the d+username preceding it.

Receiving Private Messages on Your Phone:

If your Twitter account is connected to your phone, you can receive direct message via text message.

• Read this article about setting up your mobile preferences to learn more.
• Haven't added your phone yet? Find more information about adding your phone here.
• Added your phone already? Find out what commands you can use!

Understanding Private Messages:

• Direct messages behave more like tweets than emails: the sender or recipient of a DM can delete the message, and it will disappear from both sender and recipient inboxes.
• The number next to your Direct Messages tab reflects the number of direct messages in your inbox.
• If this number has changed recently and you have not deleted any of your messages, remember: the sender of the direct message has the ability to delete messages from your inbox, these messages are not mysteriously disappearing or getting lost.

I'm not seeing all of my Messages!

• New Twitter shows only your 50 most recent messages – both sent and received.
• If you need to retrieve or reply to an old message, please leave the preview of new Twitter and use old Twitter.
• Remember, your old DMs are not gone, they're just stored in our database.

About Tweets (Twitter Updates)

Twitter always asks the question, "What's happening?" Each answer to that question is considered a Twitter status update, or what people often call a "Tweet."

What's a Tweet?

A Tweet is any message posted to Twitter, and all are 140 characters or less. Once you've signed up, just type your first tweet in the update box (shown below). We'll even count the characters for you! Click the "Tweet" button to post the message to your profile. If you'd like to learn more about how to tweet, please read this article.
Another way (some say the best way!) to post updates is from your cell phone. Set up your phone and send Twitter a text message, or if your phone has a web browser, use the special version of our site that's made for mobile web browsers, m.twitter.com.

What should I tweet about?

Anything. But don't feel pressured to be noisy on Twitter. The network is mostly used to read and discover information. Some people like posting updates and news for others to read, but being an observer is were the real value lies.

Why 140 characters?

We like to keep it short and sweet! It also just so happens that 140 characters is the perfect length for sending status updates via text message. The standard text message length in most places is 160 characters per message. We reserve 20 characters for people's names, and the other 140 are all yours!

How To Post a Tweet

witter always asks the question "What's happening?" Each answer to that question is considered a Twitter update, or what people often call a "Tweet." Each update is 140 characters or less.

To Post Your Tweet via the Web:

1. Log in to your Twitter account
2. Type your Tweet into the "What's happening?" box at the top of your screen (shown below).
3. Make sure your update is fewer than 140 characters. We'll count the characters for you! Remaining characters show up as a number below the box.
4. Click the Tweet button to post the Tweet to your profile.
5. You will immediately see your Tweet in the timeline on your homepage, as shown below.

To Post Your Tweet via Text Message:

Another way (some say the best way!) to post updates is from your cell phone. First, set up your phone to link to your Twitter account, then simply send your message as a text to your appropriate Twitter short code.

To Delete Your Tweet:

To delete a Tweet that you have posted, please read this article. Note that you may only delete Tweets which you posted yourself from your account. You may not delete Tweets which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can unfollow or block users whose tweets you do not want to receive.

Types of Tweets and Where They Appear

This article outlines where specific types of Tweets (messages) will appear on our site and in your or others' profiles. One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is, "Where does my reply to someone's Tweet show up? I don't see it on their Twitter profile page." Hopefully this table gives a better outline of where messages go when you click the "Tweet" button.

Normal Tweets:

• Definition: Any message with fewer than 140 characters posted to Twitter. Also called a "Tweet." (Example above.)
• Where it appears for the sender: On the sender's Profile page.
• Where it appears for the recipient: In the home timeline view of anyone who is following the sender.
• Places it will never appear: In anyone else's Profile page, unless they retweeted the message.

@Mentions:

• Definition: A Tweet containing another user's Twitter username, preceded by the "@" symbol, like this: Hello @NeonGolden! What's up? (Example above.)
• Where it appears for the sender: On the sender's Profile page of public Tweets.
• Where it appears for the recipient: In the recipient's @Mentions tab, which is accessible only by them. Additionally, mentions will appear in the recipient's home timeline view (not Profile) if they are following the sender. Also note: anyone on all of Twitter who is following the sender and the recipient of a reply or mention will see the Tweet in their home view.
• Places it will never appear: On anyone's Profile page, unless they wrote the message.

@Replies:

• Definition: A Tweet that begins with another user's username and is in reply to one of their Tweets, like this: @NeonGolden I can't believe you thought that movie was cheesy--I loved it. (Example above.)
• Where it appears for the sender: On the sender's profile page.
• Where it appears for the recipient: In the recipient's @Mentions tab. Like mentions, replies will also appear in the recipient's home timeline view if they are following the sender. Anyone following the sender and the recipient of a reply or mention will see it in their home view.
• Places it will never appear: On anyone's Profile page, unless they wrote the message.

Messages (formerly "Direct Messages"):

• Definition: A private message sent directly to someone who follows you.
• Where it appears for the sender: In the sender's "Sent" folder. Will disappear if recipient deletes it.
• Where it appears for the recipient: In the recipient's private "Direct Messages" folder. Will disappear if sender deletes it.
• Places it will never appear: In any public timeline or public search.

Other Things You Might Want to Know:

What about Retweets (RTs)? Many users are often confused about where their retweets (and their tweets that have been retweeted by others) will show up on Twitter. Click here to read our article all about retweets and where you'll find them on your homepage, your profile, and on Twitter.
Why don't @replies sent from private profiles show up anywhere? Replies (@replies) are Tweets that automatically go on the public timeline. By protecting your account (making it private), you're telling us that you don't want anyone to see your updates unless you approve them, so your messages won't be public. So, if your account is private and you send a reply or mention, only those you've approved to view your Tweets will ever be able to see it. If you want to send messages such as mentions or @replies to people who are not following you, un-protect your account and make your information public.
Where do people's @replies appear for other users? If you're not the sender or recipient of an @reply, will you ever see the message on Twitter? The answer is YES! Users will see @replies in their home timeline if they are following both the sender and recipient of the update. Otherwise, they won't see the reply unless the visit the sender's profile page.

How to Post Videos on Twitter

Twitter does not host video files.
Most of the sites listed below will allow you the option to post your video directly to Twitter, with the option to add a message if you want. Alternately, you can copy and paste their link to your video into your Tweet on Twitter.com. Links to videos from the sites listed here will display your media in Twitter's details pane so that your followers can see your video without leaving their timeline.

Videos shared via the following sites will play in Twitter's details pane:

• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Ustream
• Justin.tv
• Twitlens
• Twitvid

Below is a tutorial outlining how to find Tweets in your timeline that include videos, and an example of using YouTube's link shortener to post a video on Twitter.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9SIan7Aa4I&feature=player_embedded

What is a Timeline?

A timeline is a Twitter term used to describe a collected stream of Tweets listed in real-time order. This brief article explains a little more about where you see timelines on your Twitter account.

Your Home Timeline

When you log in to Twitter, you'll land on the Timeline view of your homepage, as shown below.

• We often call this your "Home Timeline", because it appears on your homepage.
• Your home timeline is a long stream showing all Tweets from those you have chosen to follow on Twitter.
• Newest messages are at the top. You can interact with messages from within the timeline by hovering your mouse over toreply or retweet (shown at the bottom of this image).
• Clicking anywhere on a Tweet in your timeline pulls open a sidebar, where you can see photos, videos, and profile information related to that message (shown below).

Note: If you see Tweets in your timeline from users you don't follow, check to see if they are retweets. It's likely someone you do follow chose to re-broadcast that message to you because they found it interesting. Retweets do show up in your home timeline.

Other Timelines

• Timelines can also consist of collected messages from users in lists that you've curated or as results of searches that you perform.
• When you click on a list, you will see an aggregated stream of Tweets (a timeline) posted by the users included in that list.
• Similarly, when you perform a search, you'll see a timeline of messages that all match your search terms.