Are you curious about Twitter but just don’t know where to start? Just dipping your toes into the Twitter pool and want to know more about how this newfangled technology works? Not sure yet how to socialize in 140 characters or less. Here is a lighthearted overview of how to get along in the brave new Twitter world. The article is called “Mom, this is how twitter works…. (not just for moms!)”
Twitter is an online social networking tool in which users post 140 character updates of what is going on in their lives along with links to things they think are interesting, funny, or useful to their followers (“following” being essentially what “friending” is on other sites). People use twitter in many ways, some as a newsfeed by following prominent people or networks, some as a pseudo-chatroom by limiting their followers and whom they follow to close friends and family, and some as a microblog for updating people about the work they are doing and their personal lives. Read more at jhische.com/twitter