Why use Twitter?
- Sharing and exchanging news
- Be on the lookout for trends
- Develop your professional network
- Conduct a global watch (trends, competitors, opinions)
How does Twitter work?
Twitter is a microblogging social network. Its content is mainly textual with hashtags and tags. You can add images, videos or polls.
Your Twitter!
The Twitter homepage is where you can post your tweets.
You will also discover the posts that people in your community have interacted with (like, comments, retweet).
On this page, the application will suggest you accounts to follow adapted to the accounts you already follow but also to the interactions you have (like, comments, retweet).
Recently, Twitter has developed Spaces. These are spaces of exchange, vocal discussion groups around a topic or theme. Spaces are accessible on your Twitter homepage.
On the lookout for trends!
Find on this page the hashtags trending on the platform. They are mainly hashtags related to current events.
This page allows you to discover tweets but also to interact and exchange on these subjects with different actors.
Notifications
In this tab, keep yourself informed of the interactions with your community (people who follow you, like, retweet, comment).
Come and discuss!
The "Message" tab allows you to chat with your followers. You can exchange and share tweets with your friends.
There is also the possibility to create discussion groups and thus create a real twitter community!
How to connect to Twitter?
From a web browser
You can log into your Twitter account from any web browser
From the Twitter application
You can also download the Twitter app and connect from your smartphone or tablet.
Benefits of Twitter
- Quick and easy access
- Instantaneous
- Get information in real time
- No publishing frequency issues (you can publish often, it's a fast moving content)
- Fast word of mouth (via likes or retweets)
Disadvantages of Twitter
- Character limit per post