What is the purpose of Twitter?

 

What is the main purpose of Twitter?

Twitter is a social media site, and its primary purpose is to connect people and allow people to share their thoughts with a big audience.

The most followed person on twitter is

@BarackObama at

131.3 followers

 

What is Twitter and how does it work?

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co-workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People post Tweets, which may contain photos, videos, links, and text. These messages are posted to your profile, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.

 

Learn Twitter terminology

We may all know what a Tweet is by now, but it pays to familiarize yourself with some Twitter-specific vocabulary.

·         A hashtag is a word or phrase preceded by the pound symbol. It signals that a piece of content relates to a specific topic or belongs to a category.

·         A mention is any Tweet that contains the @ symbol followed by another person or brand’s username. You’ll want to monitor them to see what others are saying about you.

·         When an account shares another account’s Tweet, this is a retweet.

·         A quote Tweet is like a retweet, but with an added comment about the original Tweet.

·         Direct messages (DMs) are private messages between Twitter accounts. DMs from accounts you don’t follow appear in your Requests folder by default. Don’t forget to change this setting if you want to use DMs to interact with your customers.

·         Topics are subject headings that accounts can follow. When you follow a topic, you’ll automatically see content associated with that subject.