Facebook® & Twitter® For Seniors For Dummies®

Chapter 12. Gathering Tools of the Twitter Trade

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• Search for Tweeps on WeFollow

• Add Yourself to WeFollow

• Find Trends with Summize

• FollowFriday, FF, and Other Hashtags

• Connect with People

• Keep Track of Hundreds, Thousands of Friends?

• View Your Friend Lists

Now that you're on Twitter and you're building a small group of friends, you'll see that you want to do even more. I'll bet you'd enjoy following even more people, right?

Some people feel that if they have a small group of friends, they can manage conversing easily — but sometimes it's okay to branch out and meet more. In this chapter, I show you how to make groups (lists) of different people so you can focus certain Twitter conversations on certain friends. And, I introduce a couple of applications that you can install on your computer and use to see everything that's going on — no matter how many people you follow.

Let's really call this chapter Twitter — the Advanced Course. But don't let that scare you. I show you some simple ways to enhance your tweeting experience. And you needn't spend any money on extra tools; I explain how to do just about anything you can on Twitter.

Search for Tweeps on WeFollow

1. I'm a big believer in "the more, the merrier." Although I don't always see everything that everyone on Twitter says, I always have the option to listen and reply to those who are not on my list of closest friends. So, if you're looking for that option, check out WeFollow, a user-powered directory of Twitter peeps (known as ...