One of the most interesting services on the Internet today is Twitter. If you’re not using it, you’re probably losing one of the better parts of the Internet. Twitter is the social network for thinking brains, just the opposite of Facebook, and also hosts the biggest community of the most perverted individuals ever seen on the Internet. For those who don’t know how Twitter works or can’t just understand how to use it, I suggest this simple guide to understand the basics and getting started in 20 minutes. Do read it, you’ll thanks me forever.
For those who are already using Twitter, Follow Friday is a tradition in which people send tweets recommending users they think other people may be interested in following.
The tweets are sent each Friday and contain the hashtag #FollowFriday or #FF. If you’re wondering, hashtag is the keyword preceded by the pound symbol, check the Ultimate Guide to Twitter Hashtags if you want to learn all the secrets of the hashtags.
The idea is to help people figure out who to follow on Twitter by sharing usernames or Twitter handles of your favorite Twitterers, the people whose tweets you find interesting. Look at the sample below, taken from my timeline:
Of course, it’s nice to retweet Follow Friday shout-outs, and it’s even better if you thank whoever recommends you. By the way, Twitter is a place where some people still use old-fashioned ASCII artworks which result in very cool tweets:
I’m closing this post with the last link, a comprehensive guide to Twitter… just in case you want to learn all secrets of this social network…
Great article.