Steps to set up Twitter

Create your own Twitter page - easy instructions:

Step 1: How to create an account:

Navigate to http://twitter.com/, enter your full name and click the yellow button on the right hand of your screen, or simply navigate to https://twitter.com/signup.

1. Fill in the first field and make sure you use your full name.
2. Select a username from one of the usernames we’ve suggested, or create your own. We will automatically suggest available usernames based on the real name and e-mail address you’ve entered. Try to pick something that describes you – whether it’s a nickname, an interest or a hobby.
3. Enter a password. Be tricky! Make sure your password contains letters, numbers, and symbols.
4. Enter your e-mail address.
5. Fill in the Captcha (the numbers and/or letters provided) to prove you’re human, not a machine!
6. Pick sources that interest you (more on this below).
7. Search for Friends, and follow them.

Step 2: Choosing a Username: Tips and Tricks

1. Your username is the name your followers use when sending replies, direct messages, or retweets.
2. It will also form the URL of your home timeline. We’ve provided a few available suggestions, but feel free to choose your own.
3. Please note: You can change your username in your account settings at any time, as long as the new username is not in use.
4. Usernames must be fewer than 15 characters in length, and cannot contain ‘admin’ or ‘twitter’ in order to avoid brand confusion.

Tip: Entering Your E-mail

We use this to confirm your account before you can finish the sign-up process. Be sure to enter an e-mail address that you actively use. Emails can only be tied to one Twitter account at a time in our system.

Step 3: Finding Sources That Interest You

Twitter is more useful and fun when you’re getting regular updates relevant to your interests, so try the following:
1. Select some of your interests from the top of the screen, or scroll through the interests listed below.
2. Browse the sources listed accounts you might like to follow. (A new list of suggested sources is generated every time you click an interest.)
3. Clicking the ‘follow’ button next to a user’s name will add them to the list of users you are following. This is indicated by the number in the green square above the list.
4. After you’ve followed users suggested in one area of interest, select another and find more sources to follow!
5. When finished, click the blue ‘Next: friends’ button in the lower right hand side of your screen.

Step 4: Getting Personal: Contact Import

If you choose, Twitter can scan your e-mail address book in order to find contacts that are also using Twitter. It’s a fast and easy way to find your friends.
• Simply type your e-mail address and your e-mail password into the boxes, then hit ‘Find friends.’ Twitter does not store your login, and we will not use your e-mail address without your permission.
1. When you see a list of the friends and colleagues found in your address book, follow them!
2. Follow all of them by selecting the blue ‘Follow All’ button on the right hand side of the results.
3. Or if you’d like to see updates only from specific people, you can choose to ask to follow your e-mail contacts individually using the grey ‘send request’ button next to their information.
4. Click the ‘Next: others’ button at the bottom of your screen.
5. A box will pop-up with your remaining contacts who are not on Twitter. To invite them to join Twitter, check the boxes next to the contacts you wish to invite – or click “select all” at the top.

Please note: if you click ‘select all’ and proceed, it will invite all contacts in your address book.

Step 5: Finding Friends with Twitter Search

You can also search for anyone else you would like to add to your Twitter account.
1. Type the name of the person you’re searching for into the search box.
2. Tweets related to your query will show in the centre of the page. A list of matching accounts will show on the right hand side of your screen.
3. Click the Follow button next to any you wish to begin Following. A confirmation message will appear.

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