Chapter 2
Welcome to the World of Twitter
In This Chapter
Getting your Twitter party started
Coming up with a good Twitter name
Mixing it up: Making friends and saying hi
Standing out with a unique Twitter profile
Twitter is a deceptively simple yet powerful conversation platform that enables users to broadcast short messages to the world and to connect more closely with people they care about. Intrigued about why this simple-looking tool is so well-loved and popular? This chapter is the place to get your feet wet. It usually takes using Twitter for a while to get what about it could be really interesting and valuable to you. Luckily, Twitter is not only easy to use, but also quick to set up and a piece of cake to get going.
In this chapter, we go over the very basics of Twitter: getting a username, beautifying your profile, finding people to communicate with, and getting yourself situated and ready to start tweeting like a pro in no time.
Signing Up
With many web services, signing up is the easiest part of an otherwise-complicated process. With Twitter, using the site is just as ...
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