Diagram of a Tweet

Here is a diagram showing Twitter in action. The key below walks you through each element of the sample tweet.

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Fiona Curry @fiona_curry 2 3

The Fault in Our Stars by @realiohngreen is my favorite book! #favoritebook

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↰ Reply image Retweet ⋆Favorite

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Kevin King @kevinbooklover

RT @fiona_curry The Fault in Our Stars by @realjohngreen is my favorite book! #favoritebook 6

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Tessa Pool @tessapool

. @fiona_curry Mine too! Check out this article via @nytimes on the book and #yalit: http://nyti.ms/1jRNITC 8

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  1. Tweet author profile image.

  2. Tweet author name and username.

  3. When mentioning somebody in a tweet or addressing your comments to a specific user, use “@username.” The name will become a hyperlink to that person's profile, and your message will be visible to them and their followers.

  4. Use hashtags (#) in front of keywords related to the topic of your tweet. They become links that will take you to all tweets using that hashtag.

  5. See something you like? You have options to reply to, “retweet,” or “favorite” a tweet.

  6. “Retweeting” means posting someone else's exact tweet to your list of followers. Do this by either prefacing your tweet with “RT @username” or pushing the retweet button at the bottom of their original tweet. Be sure to always give somebody credit for what they share!

  7. When replying to a user, your tweet will begin with @username. Be sure to use a period before @username so that the tweet goes to all of that user's followers.

  8. When sharing a link, use URL shorteners like bitly.com or tinyurl.com to save space.