Chapter 3
A Tour of the Twitter Interface
In This Chapter
Reading the feed on your Twitter home screen
Making a Twitter conversation personal by using @replies and direct messages
Marking your Twitter favorites
Viewing who you’re following and who’s following you
Reviewing your past Twitter updates
For the power it wields, Twitter is one of the simplest and, we think, most elegant websites for mass communication. The interface makes interacting with other people — some you already know and others you’ll meet — incredibly easy, and it cleanly organizes a lot of information.
As you use Twitter more and more, you may want to know where to locate things quickly and how to manage your communication flow more intelligently. In this chapter, we dive into each Twitter screen, showing how it relates to the conversations going on around you and the conversations you’re having directly.
Navigating Your Home Screen
When you first log in to Twitter, the home screen is your first stop. After you ...
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