there are a lot of different ways to use
Twitter some users may never post
anything on Twitter choosing instead to
follow updates from other people but for
other users there might be a lot of
value in sharing what's going on in your
world and joining the conversation
Twitter makes it easy to get started to
post a tweet you'll need to have your
own Twitter account and be signed in now
I do want to point out that in this
example we're using the Twitter app for
iPhone but you should be able to follow
these same basic steps to tweet from an
Android device or from your web browser
select the new tweet button
the tweet box will appear now you can
type whatever you want to post to
Twitter Twitter is built for sharing
things quickly so every tweet is limited
to just 140 characters as you type the
counter at the bottom will tell you how
many characters you have left you'll see
this actually goes into negative numbers
if you use too many characters you can
usually find a way to cut down on the
number of characters in a tweet though
in this example we're just going to
delete a few things and replace them
with a semicolon
when you're ready select tweet by
default your tweet will be shared
publicly along with anyone else who
follows you on Twitter
it'll also appear at the top of your
Twitter timeline a tweet doesn't just
have to be text for example you can
include a photo with your tweet you'll
start the same way by selecting the
tweet button and typing your post
then choose the camera icon
then select a photo or use your device's
camera to take a new one in this example
I'm going to choose a photo that's
already on my device when you're ready
select tweet and there we go
another common thing to share on Twitter
are links to an article or video on a
different website to share a link you
can simply copy and paste it into your
tweet it's worth pointing out that
Twitter will shorten the number of
characters in a link automatically so it
doesn't really matter how long the URL
to that page is
once you've posted a link anyone can
select it to open that page
when you're browsing the web you might
often see the option to share that page
on Twitter just select the tweet or
Twitter icon to quickly create a new
tweet with a link to that page you can
add any other comments you want and
that's it
okay just one more thing if you want to
share tweet from someone else with the
people that follow you just select the
retweet button below any posts it'll
then be shared with everyone who follows
you on Twitter
even if they don't follow the account
that originally posted it that's it now
you're ready to start tweeting and join
the conversation on Twitter