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DIY Guide: Twitter

1. Sign up for a free account at http://www.twitter.com. (You can choose to skip the set up steps by clicking the next button...)

2. Manage your settings.

Account: Change your username, email address, set language, time stamp, set privacy, and deactivate

account. Password: Change password Mobile: Add your cell phone to use Twitter via SMS and to receive text notices of new followers and

tweets. Notices: Receive email notices of followers and tweets. Profile: Manage your avatar, name, bio and other public information. Designs: Change your Twitter page’s appearance. Connections: Browse and manage applications that have access to your Twitter account (i.e.,

Facebook, TweetDeck)

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3. Upload photo or avatar.

Click here to upload your avatar.

4. Search for friends, topics, or tags.

5. Following a Twitter stream.

Once you have found someone you would like to follow, you can click on the follow button.

To unfollow someone, find him / her in your following list and select unfollow from the options menu

6. Tweeting

Begin posting your thoughts here by typing your tweet in the text box. Your posts will appear in your home page, as will the posts of anyone you are following.