Well mine too big surprise. Yes I've never tweeted before either, and I probably never will. Why you ask? Well my name was already taken.
Yes somebody just snagged my name this year. It was registered before but it changed to something else, not sure how. And then by the time I decided to get it it was gone in january before I could take it. My real name not a made up one.
Confusing I know, but so is the rest of the twitter. Like:
- Can I have more than one twitter account?
- It appears that you are allowed more than one twitter account. Just use a different email address.
- How long is my tweet allowed to be?
- Your tweet can be 140 characters max. I know this is very limiting but I think that is the whole point of the tweet. The first four sentences here are exactly 140 characters. Including the spaces, 3 periods, and the one question mark.
- How long can my screen name be and do I have to use my real name?
- Your user name can be 15 characters max and your real name can be 20 characters max. And many sites say the user name does not have to be real.
- What is the point of TWITTER?
- Not sure. What is the point of anything.
These are all great questions. If you need more help the rest are all here.
Anyhow on to the actual tweeting. As stated before my name is already in use so I must register something else. Lets give it a try shall we.
Go here to register. https://twitter.com/signup
The name I registered is "0078265317". They said you can change it any time.
Anyhow after registering you get an email.
"Confirming your account will give you full access to Twitter and all future notifications will be sent to this email address."
Be sure to open a new window or tab when checking your email so not to disturb the current window. This is when you'll set up your twitter account.
I accidentally closed the intro page and saw no way to get it back. So I created a new account as it is allowed most say. I now learned what to do. I will delete this account as I no longer need it.
So first we will go over how to delete an account. It appears you cannot delete an account just deactivate it. So I will keep the other account. No big deal.
Now to setup the account. First after registering you end up at https://twitter.com/welcome/intro
incase you loose your tab or window. If you do just go back there anytime and restart again.
Now here is how it looks. This is the intro page.
 Then you are on the recommendations page. You need to follow 5 people. You can always skip it. But I just added 5 people anyway. I selected music as my category. 
After that is the interests page and you have to follow 5 more people (or well know people) as they put it.
Next is the import page and you have to import contacts from 5 sources. I only did gmail and skipped the rest. I don't have 5 things to use so I just skipped it.
Now on the last page you have to upload a photo and a profile description or bio if you will. I skipped this. I just like to keep private for now until I get more comfortable.
That is it. After this you are no the main page now and are all set to go. Now we will cover how to start tweeting. Remember I've never done this before either. So I'm learning just like you are.
First we need to go back the main page. On the top right click compose new tweet.   I know not very original but for a very first tweet good enough. Now the second tweet will be to look at this blog. |
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