How to use Twitter ?

Make sure to use your real one as the next step will ask you to verify

Fill out your name and phone number/email address. Make sure to use your real one as the next step will ask you to verify.

Enter in the verification number that you received at whatever contact information you put in in Step 1.

Choose a password. Make it strong, and please, for the love of god, don't use "dragon" like everyone else.

Choose whether you'd like to sync your contacts. This may help you find Twitter followers you know, but if you don't want to, just hit "not now."

Search for interests. This will help Twitter recommend good profiles for you to follow.

Twitter will provide you with some accounts you can follow based on your interests. Pick out a few you like.

If you see them to start you feed off on the right foot.

ou're in! Simply click on the blue button on the top right to tweet, the grey silhouette on the top left to change your profile picture and settings, and get tweeting!

How to Search on Twitter

Twitter isn't about friending—it's about following.

You can follow people you know personally, or artists or projects you're a fan of. You can follow robots and parody accounts. Really, you can do whatever you like.

You may already be following some people if you selected some during your account set up. But,

You can also search in the top right hand box for personalities you like. If you're a fan of GZA, follow GZA.

If you're a fan of the Golden State Warriors, follow Steph Curry. If you like to read WIRED, follow WIRED.

You can also search in the top right hand box for personalities you like. If you're a fan of GZA, follow GZA. If you're a fan of the Golden State Warriors, follow Steph Curry. If you like to read WIRED, follow WIRED.

Twitter will continue to offer suggestions for who to follow as you use it.

These suggestions will appear in your feed if you're using the app, or on the side of the screen if you're using the website.

If you're in the mobile app, you can also click on the Connect feature, which will offer you suggestions based on what you've tweeted or liked.

Keep adding people.

There's no limit, but once you've landed between 100 and 250 accounts, you'll notice the correlation between the number of people you follow and the amount of tweets that show up in your feed.

If you're craving more, keep adding people. But build it up slowly and see how it feels.

Your First Tweet

Before you start firing off tweets, it might help to know a little about the mechanics.

All tweets are a maximum of 280 characters.