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how to join
 
A step-by-stepguide
 
Introduction
Twitter: the micro-blogging phenomenon that’staking the net by storm.
Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service created by then Cornellstudent Jack Dorsey that enables its users to send and read other users' updatesknown as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users whohave signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circleof friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can send and receiveupdates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS (receive only), or through applicationssuch as Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twitterfon, TweetDeck and feedalizr. The service is free to use over the web, but using SMS may incur phone services provider fees.
Since it was founded in 2006, Twitter has increased in popularity, mainly due to thelarge number of celebrities using it (see
tinyurl.com/7n766n
for a list). The serviceis available on computers, phones, iPods, and more. The service works by askingeach user one simple question every time they publish an update (“tweet”):
whatare you doing? 
Other users can ‘follow’ you (ie recive your tweets), and you canfollow them. Alternatively, you can protect your account so that only people youapprove can see your updates. For instructions on how to do all of this, and more,read on.
 
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1.Register
Create your account on Twitter.
1. Visit Twitter
Go to
twitter.com
.
2. Click on
Get Started—Join!This will take you to the signup screen.Fill in the
Full Name
,
Username
,
Password
and 
Email
fields. If you would like to reciveinfrequent email updates from Twitter, check the 
I want the inside scoop
box.Then, fill in the Captchaprompt (each word seperatedby a space) and press enter.A
Create my account
buttonshould appear; click it.
3. Search for your friends 
You will be taken to a screeninviting you to search for your friends on Twitter. Just click on your email or address bookservice, and enter your address and password. Twitter will compare your contacts tomembers of Twitter, and will notify you if it finds a match. If you are not interested, click
Skip this step
at the bottom of the page.
4. Choose some users to follow 
You will be taken to a screen showing a list of users; you may recognise some. I noticed DavidPougue, for example. Check the boxes next to the people you want to follow. Again, if you’renot interested, skip the step.
5. You will arrive at the page you will use to update Twitter 
On the next page, you will find a diagram of this page. Try making yourfirst “tweet”; something like
 Just signed up for Twitter 
or even
Bored...
.Use your imagination. Type your update into the box (
❶
), and press
update
(
❷
). Your tweet will be sent to Twitter, andwill become your latest update (status).
 
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