For People New to Twitter

  Twitter gets the attention of media and political leaders

If you don’t have an account start one at Twitter.com

 All you need to set it up is an email (or a cellphone that accepts text)  and some information:

Your first and last name, an email and date of birth

You’ll have to verify the email (by responding to their email)

Twitter gives you a user name based on the name you gave it.  So if you enter John Smith you may get @jsmith493.

You'll need to create a password (Write it down somewhere.)

Twitter Vocabulary:

Username – starts with the @ sign. No spaces Example: @ctclimate @BillMcKibben @NYTimes 

Tweet – is your message, the limit is 140 characters, but if you add a picture or video that doesn’t add to your count

Twitter feed – your messages (tweets) and those of people you choose to “follow”

Retweet – to put someone else’s tweet on your twitter feed. It can be simply a duplication of their tweet or you might add your comment to  their tweet

Hashtag – a slogan, phrase or a name. It starts with a number sign (#) and includes no spaces. Example: #NoKXL #FamiliesBelongTogether #WhyNotCT  Hashtags are used because they can be searched easily inside of Twitter

Do follow our twitter feed:        @ctclimate