Twitter: You’ll be able to say much in 140 characters – TF1

You are followers of photos, GIFs, videos, links various … Only problem: it “eats” characters in your message. All this without counting the various friends accounts you mention in passing. In the end, it’ll usually only a handful of character to your message. All this will soon be the past.

Twitter continues to evolve. After adding polls, video with Periscope or the GIF library network in little blue bird unveiled on Tuesday, many modifications to the attention of its users. Starting with the most emblematic of all: add a media (picture, video, GIF, Vine, etc.) will not be counted in the total character of the message. Neither the names of users to which you are responding. You will fully all of your 140 characters for your message (with the exception of the added external links that still included in the calculation).

But Twitter does not stop there way to satisfy his “Twittos”. The questions / polls also will have more in the calculation as the cities tweets or retweet. The network will also help to retweet a message back to you that seemed important.

Until then, to reply to a message or call another user, it was enough to start the message with “@name subscriber”. But if you want all your subscribers to see the message, it was then necessary to add “. @”. No need now! All messages will be visible without distinction not everyone (another character won!).

All these developments will be available in the coming months.

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Some basic rules to start on Twitter

you’ve finally decided to take the plunge and sign up for this network which we speak so much. To fully enjoy it and do well (at least one time), there are some basic rules to follow to feel good.

– more easily Choose your real name instead of a nickname . This will make more serious.

– Put quickly Photo to you or any other illustration to get rid of “the egg” initial. Just to give more credit to your account. And personalize it with a wallpaper that also tell a little more about you.

– There is two attitudes on Twitter be there to monitor accounts and inform participate (you can then move on private mode will share your thoughts with a lucky few); or track information, bounce it, share their favorites heart or information and advise. For this, it is better not hesitate to announce the color in his bio that your potential “followers” (subscribers) know where they put their feet.

– To attract subscribers, you specialize on your interests. You will have plenty of time to go in any direction eventually, but to be worthy of interest to Twittos, you must be a source of information on a thematic preferably. Or have a very personal style in writing.

– Get to the point! Although the rules will change, 140 characters is short. So synthesize your thinking. There is nothing worse than reading a message as a path of Tom Thumb with “…” all over to go to the next tweet.

– A message posted on your wire to your heart? Pin it to keep it at the top.

– Be careful what you say! Twitter is the modern equivalent of the ancient Agora. A place where everyone shouts to everyone what he thinks or feels. With the result that, more than elsewhere, writings remain and are quickly highlighted …

– If you start having too subscriptions, make thematic lists to filter your timeline.