Twitter Spammers

July 22, 2009

As with all good things on the web, people want to make money from it.  On Twitter, usually people want to get you to click on a link that will either take you to their affiliate site (A site that earns them money if you buy something) or a porn site.
Rule of thumb is USE [...]

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Why Do People Color Their Twitter Avatar?

July 1, 2009

Occasionally you will log in to Twitter and see a rainbow of color across the faces of all the people you follow.  The most common reason for this is they are uniting for a cause.  Solidarity is very popular on Twitter and people want to show support for things they believe in.
In October you may [...]

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Twitterverse

May 24, 2009

The Twitterverse is simply Twitter.  It can be on the computer, your phone, news media, etc.  The use and discussions going on on Twitter are often referred to as the Twitterverse (hence the universe). It is everything Twitter related, from the people to the apps to Twitter.com itself.
There is also a website called the Twitterverse.com.  [...]

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Twittermoms

May 1, 2009

The Twitterverse is LOADED with moms who tweet.  There are thousands and thousands.  Mom bloggers spend their days sharing some useless and some not so useless information on Twitter and loving every moment of it.

To take it a step futher, Twittermoms.com launched back in Sept of 08.  Megan Calhoun, the founder of Twittermoms has been [...]

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Locking Your Twitter Account

April 12, 2009

When you register for Twitter there is an option for you to “protect” your account.
What that means is that people will have to send a request to follow you and you will have to approve them.  This is great if you are planning on devulging secret information or detailed personal stories or locations that you [...]

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Am I Too Old to Twitter?

April 9, 2009

Heck NO! In fact the oldest Twitter user on record in 104 years old and she has over 23,ooo followers!  That’s right.  Her name is Ivy.

Are you too old to Twitter?  That’s like saying you are too old to have friends.  The beauty about Twitter is that you can search for and find friends that [...]

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How Do You Tweeter?

April 5, 2009

You don’t.
You can be a “tweeter” by using twitter, but you can’t “tweeter”.
The act of sending a message through Twitter is called a “tweet” or a “twitter”. Some people do make the mistake of going to tweeter.com, as of now there is nothing there. Make sure you go to the correct website to sign [...]

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Twitpic

April 2, 2009

A picture says a thousand words. On Twitter, you only have 140 characters, so to share a picture you have to use on outside source like Twitpic.  If you have a Twitter account then you automatically have a Twitpic account.  All you need to do is go to Twitpic and sign in.  You will then [...]

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Do Celebrities Tweet?

March 5, 2009

Yes. Celebrities are tweeting. In many cases it’s not really the celebrity themselves, but probably their assistant. None the less, they are on there.
Since June 2009 Twitter has added the “Verified Accounts” certification to high profile Twitter users.  This is an attempt to derail the celebrity squatters (people who steal your name). Although [...]

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What is twe2

March 5, 2009

twe2 is a free service that allows you to receive @replies, direct messages via SMS in other countries. They do add an advertisement to the bottom of your message, but it’s a great service. You’d be paying for each text with any phone carrier. You will still have to pay to send [...]

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