Twitter basics - a quick guide to basic lingo and definitions
Holly - posted on 10/28/2009 ( 1 mom has responded )     So
you've signed up for Twitter, picked a "handle", and sent your
first tweet announcing your arrival in the Twittersphere. Now
what? I thought it might be useful for to share the basics of
Twitter lingo and how to get started. These basic functions and
symbols and are all you really need to start tweeting, following
other users, and having fun connecting and chatting with
followers.  1. Following When you "follow" someone on twitter,
it means you have chosen to have their tweets show up in the
stream of Twitter updates you receive. Twitter gives you lots of
ways to find people to follow. You can find people you know
based on Google, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail or MSN email address or let
Twitter recommend people for you. If you already know someone's
Twitter handle, you can look them up that way.  2. Being
followed When someone follows you, they are subscribing to a
feed of all your tweets.  3. Unf