I have enjoyed Twitter since early 2007. I have sent out more than 20,000 Tweets since that time. At times, I have been the victim of missing missives like most of you. Other times, I have lost followers - or people I had followed - without any explanation at all. Of course, we have all had to sit through the “Fail Whale” more times than we can count. Love it or hate it, Twi … [Read more...] about Twitter: How to Backup Your Tweets
How to Easily Read Twitter Threads Like a Blog Post
Since its inception as a micro-blogging platform, Twitter and its followers have stuck to the core principle of the short post format. Even when Twitter themselves increased the tweet limit from 140 characters to 280 characters, very few people made the effort to go above 100. The fact is that the length of the average tweet is only 30 characters. … [Read more...] about How to Easily Read Twitter Threads Like a Blog Post
How to Block or Unblock Someone on Twitter
Twitter offers various options when it comes to your privacy. For example, you can make your tweets public, so anyone can see them or not. Other privacy options include being able to block other users. Blocking someone may be considered as a last resort, but if you ever decide to do it, Twitter has that option waiting for you to use it. Regardless if you're using Twitter on … [Read more...] about How to Block or Unblock Someone on Twitter
How to Add & Delete Twitter Account from iPhone & iPad
You can use multiple Twitter accounts on your Apple iOS device. Here's how to add and delete accounts from iPhone and iPad. … [Read more...] about How to Add & Delete Twitter Account from iPhone & iPad
Twitter Setting Causes Missing Tweets
Twitter experience has sucked since they made changes to the service where some Tweets are filtered from your timeline. I used to have a nice little community on the site, following many people I enjoyed regularly communicating with on the service. But I suddenly noticed that I was missing tweets on my timeline from many of the people I liked to tweet with. The tweets would … [Read more...] about Twitter Setting Causes Missing Tweets
How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication on Social Networks
Thanks to the two-factor authentication feature, you can enjoy an extra layer of protection. Since it does require an additional step to sign into your social media accounts, you might be a little reluctant to enabling this feature. Who doesn't want to access their social media accounts as soon as possible, right? If you decide that you want to give this security feature a … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication on Social Networks
Twitter: Save Animated GIF from Tweet
I recently wanted to save an animated GIF off of Twitter to my hard drive. A right-click did not provide me with the option to save it though. Twitter does things slightly different with videos and animated GIF images. However, I did find a way to save animated GIF files. Just use these steps I performed on a desktop computer using Google Chrome as my web browser. … [Read more...] about Twitter: Save Animated GIF from Tweet
Android: View Full Desktop Version of Twitter
Twitter did away with their option to view the full desktop version of their site. The site used to have a link at the bottom of the screen for easily switching out of the mobile site. Don't worry though. You can still view the desktop version of Twitter from your Android with some finagling. … [Read more...] about Android: View Full Desktop Version of Twitter
Twitter: View Full Website On iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
Apple iOS devices like the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch will display the mobile version of Twitter if you try to visit the site using the Safari browser. To access all the features on Twitter and view the full website, you can follow these steps. … [Read more...] about Twitter: View Full Website On iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch
How to Get Celebrities to Notice You on Twitter
Twitter is full of celebrities. Ashton Kutcher rubs elbows with tech heads like Robert Scoble. Stars such as Alyssa Milano use the platform to help raise awareness for various causes they support. Sports stars and musicians are found everywhere: Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are two of the "top" people on the social site when it comes to number of followers. The problem that all … [Read more...] about How to Get Celebrities to Notice You on Twitter