legacy
newsletter
Just a ‘Tweet’ Away
Social networking to accompany you to a movie or dinner, or sending out a
TWITTER LINGO sites such as Myspace, simple “tweet” asking if anyone wants to get together.
Facebook and Twitter
Tweet – A 140-character
have become a
Major news sources such as CNN and FOX News have
message updating your
dominant presence
turned Twitter into an effective way to communicate
twitter on what is going on
in our society
breaking news to the masses. Both update their Twitters
in your life.
today. Although
with pertinent breaking news. Celebrities have used
Twitter to connect to their fan base in a more intimate
Follower –
Twitter differs from
someone who
the other social
way. Not only do celebrities give people an inside look
subscribes to your tweets.
networking sites, it
at their personal lives, but they also use Twitter to give
Twitpic –
sneak peeks at new material and have contest give-
A picture that
still has one main
aways.
accompanies a tweet. It can
thing in common
be uploaded from a cell
— the ability to
If you are thinking Twitter might be something you
phone or a computer.
communicate with
would like to do, signing up is easy and free. To sign up
friends, family and
@username –
for Twitter just go to www.twitter.com, click the “sign
A way to co-workers around
up now” icon and fill out the appropriate information.
either direct a tweet to a the world.
Twitter will ask you to come up with a username, which
certain person or to offer a
is a short name that will be used for people to find you
reply to a person’s tweet.
How is Twitter
different? You only
and follow you on Twitter.
#topic – a way to easily have 140 characters
After you sign up for Twitter there are many settings
group together tweets by to tell your followers
you can change to make your Twitter more personal. If
topic. It is useful for events – those who
you don’t want everyone to see your “tweets,” change
and groups. “returning to subscribe to your
the privacy settings to require your permission before
my Alma mater #OBU.” tweets – what is going
someone can follow your tweets. (We recommend this.)
on in your life. Many
RT – a way of forwarding a
compare a Twitter
Other settings enable you to send certain people’s tweets
tweet onto your followers by
update to that of a
directly to your cell phone. You can select people you
giving credit to the person
Facebook or Myspace
follow to have their tweets sent directly to you with the
who created it. “rT @
status update. Twitter
“mobile update” setting.
username ‘returning to my
gives you the ability
Alma mater #OBU.’”
to tell a short message Once you sign up for Twitter and change the settings to
to a group of people. meet your needs, it is time to start following people and
Sharing important news with your family, asking for letting people follow you. Your followers’ Twitterstream
suggestions for dinner or just wishing everyone a good is updated with your tweets and vice versa. Twitterstream
day can easily be done with Twitter. is what you see when you sign on to the Twitter Web
site. It will list the tweets of all the people you follow.
Users of Twitter have put its short messages to use in
When you see a friend’s tweet that you want to respond
many different situations, such as looking for someone
8
OBU Legacy NewsLetter August 2009 OklAhOmA BAPTIsT UNIvErsITy
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12