twitter for researchers
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for researchers
What is Twitter?• A social network to exchange public messages
or ‘tweets’ of 140 characters or less• Tweets can be just text, or contain images,
video, and links• The point of Twitter is to engage with people -
not to speak at them
Why use Twitter?
• To keep up to date with developments in your field, and with what’s being discussed at conferences and events
• To publicise what you’re doing e.g. your publications, blog & talks
• To ask questions about your research
• To share resources• To build a scholarly network
Getting started• Have a short and sensible username – the
longer yours is the harder it is to retweet you
Your bio
You have 160 characters
Always replace the default Twitter egg with your photo!
The jargon HASHTAGS
Handle = your username@ = precedes any username. People will use it to mention you in Tweets or send you a message.Feed = the stream of tweets you seeMention = when a @username is in a tweetRT = retweet. A Tweet you forward to your followersMT = modified tweetDM = direct message. A private message.HT = hat tipTrend = A popular topic on Twitter
A hashtag, or #, denotes a keyword or topic on Twitter. It’s any string of characters or words without spaces.
They can occur anywhere in the Tweet, at the beginning, middle, or end.
Connects Tweets on the same topic
Tips: • Don't overuse in tweets• Make use of capital letters to avoid confusion (when joining words together) #Nowthatchersdead• Check it’s not already in use
#
Home – Tweets and retweets from accounts you follow
Notifications – mentions, retweets, follows
Check your Notifications tab regularly so that you can respond quickly to any mentions
How does Following work?
Find a Twitter user you like
Their Tweets appear on your home page
Who to follow
Search for keywords to find interesting people or communities tweeting about those keywords
Twitter will suggest accounts to follow based on who you follow and the accounts that they follow
When you click the Follow button you will immediately start following that user – you don’t need to be accepted except for Private accounts
Sending a Tweet
• Click Tweet button in top right corner • Tweets can include up to 3 photos, a media clip or
URLs• Tweets appear in your followers’ news feed• Tweets can be deleted – but may be too late!• Remember anything you post will be public and
searchable!
Tweeting tips• Tweet when you have something to say, and don’t when you
don’t!• Share thoughts and ideas related to your research area.• Ask questions related to your research area• Tweet links to your latest publications• Tell followers about the next event you are speaking at or
attending. Find out if there is a hashtag and reach out over Twitter to the speakers.
• It’s OK to tweet things multiple times
Retweets
• Click Retweet to share a Tweet with your followers
If you want, you can add a comment to your retweetYour comment will appear above the retweet
Indicates appreciation of the original Tweet
Likes
• Used to bookmark or show endorsement• User will be notified that you have Liked their Tweet• Can view Likes on your profile• Can Undo Like by clicking on Like icon (heart)
Click the heart icon to add a Tweet to your Likes
Consider using a social media dashboard
Download Hootsuite from: http://hootsuite.com
You can see you timeline, mentions, DMs from one screen and send tweets.
Any questions?
@Lewylib
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