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The Internet For Dummies, 14th Edition
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The Internet For Dummies, 14th Edition

by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young
March 2015
Beginner
384 pages
9h 14m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 11

Tweeting about Your Life

In This Chapter

arrow Getting acquainted with Twitter

arrow Reading other people’s tweets

arrow Organizing the flood of tweets

arrow Sending your own tweets when you’re ready to say something

arrow Twitter on your phone

The Internet can let the world know the details of your life as it happens. How can you tell your friends right away that you found an outstanding purchase at the mall? Or that you have something stuck in your teeth? And how can you receive these vital messages from your friends even when you’re not at home? Twitter (at www.twitter.com) is the answer. The service lets you post updates as often as you want, no matter where you are. This level of detail can, of course, be a mixed blessing. A friend of ours likens Twitter to a continuously updated Christmas letter.

When you create a free Twitter account, you create a micro-blog that allows only very short entries, no more than 140 characters each, known as tweets. You can send as many tweets as you want, and some ...

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