What is Twitter?
Twitter helps people communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent, 140 character messages. Choose whose messages you want to receive and how you want to receive them, or search all Twitter updates to see what people are talking about.
What is following?
Following someone on Twitter means getting their updates in your personal timeline. If you follow Tina, you'll get her updates on your homepage when you log in, or on your phone if you've added it. See who gets your updates on your followers page, and make changes to who you follow on your following page.
Do you follow me? (What are followers?)
Followers are people who receive other peoples' Twitter updates. (Wait, isn't that everyone? Most of the time, yes.) When you post an update to your Twitter account, your followers will get it on their home page and/or phone. You don't have to follow everyone who follows you, and unless an account is private, you can follow and un-follow who ever you want without them following back. Mutual followers can send each other private messages, and you can even choose to get notified by email when someone new follows you or sends you a private message. Your follower/following stats are listed on your profile page.
How do I follow someone?
To start receiving messages from a person, visit their profile page and click "follow" or send a text message to Twitter with the words "follow username" from your phone. You'll get messages from the people you've followed as soon as they update, and you can stop following anyone at anytime. Twitter is flexible-- you can follow people in a variety of ways. You can follow someone from:
- The web: click "follow" under any profile picture on Twitter. If an account is protected, the owner will have approve your follow request before you'll receive their updates. You can also import your contacts from your address book to find friends already using Twitter or invite friends who aren't on Twitter yet.
- SMS/text message: Send follow username in a text message to Twitter to start following someone from your phone. For example: follow biz.
- API or 3rd Party App: send follow username from any 3rd party application that supports the Twitter commands.
- Mobile web: if you have a mobile web browser, use m.twitter.com to follow others, just as you would on the regular web.
Pick the methods that work best for you, and keep you in touch while you're on the go. Stop following someone by visiting the profile page and clicking "remove" in the drop down box
You might ask yourself..
Can I restrict who follows me, or sees my updates?
Yes: protect your profile. Protecting your profile means everyone who wants to follow you submits a request for your approval. Only approved followers can see your Twitter updates, which will not appear in search engines.
Once I start following someone, can I stop?
Yes. Visit the profile page of the person you want to stop following, click the following button to expose the drop down box, and click "remove." Twitter does not notify you when someone has stopped following you.
I don't want a particular person to get my updates, but I don't want to protect my profile.
When all else fails, you can block someone. Look for the block link at the bottom of the profile page, under the friends icons.
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