Chapter 3

A Tour of the Twitter Interface

In This Chapter

arrow Reading the feed on your Twitter home screen

arrow Making a Twitter conversation personal by using @replies and direct messages

arrow Marking your Twitter favorites

arrow Viewing who you’re following and who’s following you

arrow Reviewing your past Twitter updates

For the power it wields, Twitter is one of the simplest and, we think, most elegant websites for mass communication. The interface makes interacting with other people — some you already know and others you’ll meet — incredibly easy, and it cleanly organizes a lot of information.

As you use Twitter more and more, you may want to know where to locate things quickly and how to manage your communication flow more intelligently. In this chapter, we dive into each Twitter screen, showing how it relates to the conversations going on around you and the conversations you’re having directly.

Navigating Your Home Screen

When you first log in to Twitter, the home screen is your first stop. After you ...

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