WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.540 --> 00:00:05.129 Twitter is a lot more than just posting your own updates; it also allows you to 00:00:05.129 --> 00:00:09.340 follow tweets from other users so you can see what's going on and connect 00:00:09.340 --> 00:00:14.230 with the people who are important to you. In this example, I'm using the Twitter app 00:00:14.230 --> 00:00:18.250 for iPhone, so I'm going to select the More button to see a list of suggested users. 00:00:20.070 --> 00:00:24.800 This process should be pretty similar if you're using Twitter on different device. 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:32.100 For example, in a desktop web browser looks for the Who to Follow box, then select View all. 00:00:32.599 --> 00:00:38.059 A list of suggested accounts to follow will appear, and if you see one you like just select 00:00:38.059 --> 00:00:39.950 the Follow button. 00:00:39.950 --> 00:00:44.760 if you change your mind, just tap the button again and select Unfollow 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:47.200 to unfollow that user. 00:00:47.200 --> 00:00:53.380 When you start following someone, their tweets will appear in your timeline. 00:00:53.380 --> 00:00:55.100 if you want to connect with 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:59.309 Twitter user more directly, you can mention them in a tweet. 00:00:59.309 --> 00:01:02.970 This is also referred to as starting a conversation on Twitter. 00:01:02.970 --> 00:01:06.250 Select the New Tweet button, 00:01:06.250 --> 00:01:08.970 then type the at symbol (@), 00:01:09.550 --> 00:01:12.580 followed by the user name you want to mention in this post. 00:01:12.580 --> 00:01:17.830 Because you're using the username system to do this this is also called tweeting at somebody. 00:01:17.830 --> 00:01:23.270 When you tweet at someone like this, they'll receive a notification. 00:01:23.270 --> 00:01:28.020 They can then reply directly to you by choosing the reply button 00:01:28.020 --> 00:01:33.130 and then posting their message. You'll see that it pulled in the username part 00:01:33.130 --> 00:01:37.420 automatically here since this is already part of a conversation we started. 00:01:37.420 --> 00:01:41.869 Conversations can often span multiple tweets, and, as a result, when you use 00:01:41.869 --> 00:01:43.000 Twitter like this, 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:46.170 your tweets won't appear in your timeline by default. 00:01:46.170 --> 00:01:50.280 That's so your followers don't really have to look at this if they're not interested. 00:01:50.280 --> 00:01:53.780 But if posting something you want your followers to see, 00:01:53.780 --> 00:01:55.400 there's an easy option. 00:01:55.400 --> 00:01:59.780 Just put a period at the very beginning of your tweet; that will cause it to 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:03.690 appear in your public timeline so anyone can see it. 00:02:03.690 --> 00:02:08.330 OK, here's a reply we can see that these tweets are connected because they're 00:02:08.330 --> 00:02:10.869 part of the same conversation. 00:02:10.869 --> 00:02:15.260 One other thing we want to point out is the direct messaging feature. You can 00:02:15.260 --> 00:02:18.989 send a private message to anyone who follows you on Twitter and it's not 00:02:18.989 --> 00:02:24.480 limited to 140 characters; that makes it a lot more email, so if you're meeting 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:28.629 people through Twitter, this is great way to introduce yourself and reach out with 00:02:28.629 --> 00:02:32.010 just a little more information than you could have normally included with a tweet. 00:02:32.010 --> 00:02:36.260 Just select the Messages icon to see your options, and from there you can select 00:02:36.260 --> 00:02:40.580 any user you want and start sending the message. 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.900 So, how will you connect on Twitter? 00:02:43.900 --> 00:02:46.911 Now that you've seen all the options, you can think about the more carefully and 00:02:46.911 --> 00:02:49.291 choose the ones that work for you.