Twitter is a FREE service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called "tweets" of 140 characters or fewer. These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search.
Click the Follow Button Below:
Or, Go to twitter.com/ritzcamera (log in or sign up for free) and click the "Follow" button. That's it!
You can also log in to your account and type "follow ritzpix" and click the update button, it's that easy!
You can use Twitter's "People Search" to find people you know that maybe using twitter, twitter can also check a list of your contacts to see if any of them are currently using Twitter. You can check address books from Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL. (they'll support more networks in the future!) They'll show you who is on Twitter and you can choose to follow them if you want to get their Twitter updates.
Tweet - An update left by one of your followers
Following & Followers - If you choose to follow someone, you will receive updates from them when they post. Others may also choose to follow you as well. (Note: With Twitter, you have the option to send updates to the site using your cell phone via text message, You can also have updates from your friends sent to your cell phone. This is fully customizable!)
Username - This is the name you create when you create your Twitter account. This is how you are known on Twitter. We for example, are "RitzCamera"
@username + message
This directs your update, or message towards another Twitter user if you would like to reply to something they have said.
D username + message
Type a "D" before their username and it becomes a "Direct Message" which is private and cannot be viewed by anyone except who it is directed to.
WHOIS username
Retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter
GET username
Retrieves the latest update from that Twitter user
NUDGE username
Reminds another Twitter user to update on your behalf
FAV username
Marks a persons last "Tweet" as a favorite. You can also click on the star that appears when you hover over their tweet. All of your favorites will be marked with a star.
STATS
This command will retrieve your information for you, ie. Your number of followers, How many people you are following and your bio information.
INVITE phone number
This will send a text message to someones cell phone inviting them to join Twitter
For additional Twitter information please visit the Twitter help page:
http://support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics