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=TWITTER HOME=

1: Go to [] 2: Click the large yellow SIGN UP button 3: Fill out the information, including inputting a formal email address, and then click okay. 4: Sign into the email address you gave Twitter and click on the link in the confirm email. It takes you back to the Twitter website and verifies your account. 5: Begin tweeting and following! 6:If you already have a Twitter, simply click the “Sign In” button in the top right corner. Type your username/email address and your password. You are then sent to your homepage. This homepage is different from the main Twitter homepage and focuses more on the topics/people/followers of your choice. = = = = = = = = = = =IMPORTANT PARTS OF HOMEPAGE= ==

· **Top tweets** – usually by well-known people or companies; are well-liked and can be philosophical or just cool things that appear on the twitter homepage

· **Trending Topics** – topics or phrases that have come up in many tweets recently, they run through the dark blue strip that runs horizontally under the Twitter logo.

· **“See who’s here”** – in the box on left side, lets you preview various popular twitter accounts

· **“Search for a specific twitter”** – search bar up top next to logo, lets you search for topics, people, etc.

Along the bottom there is a row of various clickable words, and one of them is blog. Clicking here brings up various blog posts from the Twitter creators. Everyone is free to comment on them.

=__**User Homepage**__= =After signing in, the user home page appears. From this page, a user can use or find links to a variety of the sites functions including:=
 * **Tweeting** - A tweet is a micro blog the can contain at most 140 characters. Tweets appear on one's homepage timeline, one's profile timeline, and the timeline of all those who follow the person who posted the tweet.
 * **Timeline** - The timeline on the homepage shows the users tweets, the tweets of all the people that user follows, and all the tweets the user is mentioned in.
 * **@Mentions** - If you want to "mention" someone in a tweet, you simply type @ and then that person's username and the name appears in blue. This post will appear on their homepage timeline and in their @mentions section. The same applies if someone wants to mention you.
 * **Retweets** - to retweet a tweet, scroll over it with the mouse. Options appear at the bottom of the post, and one of these options says "retweet." Click on retweet to post that person's tweet as your tweet. This tweet appears on your personal timeline and your follower's timelines.
 * **Searches** - Save previous searched topics to return to at any time with ease.
 * **Lists** - Creating a lists creates a separate timeline for the specific people's posts who you choose to include in that list.



= (Here's what you will view when on your homepage timeline. The homepage timeline displays the people who you are following. If you were to click on the profile tab above, all of the tweets you've posted are on your profile timeline. Your followers would see these tweets along with others on their homepage timeline. The "what's happening" box allows the user to write anything they want as long as the message is under 140 characters. This new tweet would not only be on your personal timeline, but on your followers' timeline also.) =

=__HOW TO FIND FRIENDS!__= =View this video in order how to find friends on twitter, and follow them!=  []

=GENERAL TWITTER OVERVIEW= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshQFrpC2O4&feature=relmfu =media type="youtube" key="NshQFrpC2O4" height="390" width="640"= 
 * General overview of the features of twitter and how to navigate the site.