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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Protect your Tweets

on Twitter All Tweets By Default are Public But What About if you Want to Tweet Something and Dont Feel Like Sharing it with the Whole World and you only want to Share it with your Followers im Going to Show you How to Protect your Tweets

Before i Get into this


What is the difference between public and protected Tweets?

When you sign up for Twitter, you have the option to keep your Tweets public (the default account setting) or to protect your Tweets.
Accounts with protected Tweets require manual approval of each and every person who may view that account's Tweets.
Who can see my Tweets?

Public Tweets (the default setting) are visible to anyone, whether or not they have a Twitter account.
Protected Tweets may only be visible to previously approved Twitter followers. Below is what an account with protected Tweets looks like to someone who is not an approved follower:


Why would I protect my Tweets?

If you want to control who sees your messages, you may choose to protecting your Tweets. You can always change your mind and make them public later.

When you protect your Tweets, the following restrictions are put in place:

People will have to request to follow you; each follow request will need approval. Learn more.
Your Tweets will only be visible to users you've approved.
Other users will not be able to retweet your Tweets. Learn more.
Protected Tweets will not appear in Twitter search or Google search.
@replies you send to people who aren't following you will not be seen by those users (because you have not given them permission to see your Tweets).
You cannot share permanent links to your Tweets with anyone other than your approved followers.

How to Protect your Tweets

How to protect your Tweets:

Go to your account settings by clicking on the person icon at the top right of the page and selecting Settings from the drop-down menu.
Scroll down to the Tweet privacy section and check the box next to Protect my tweets (shown below).
Click the blue Save button at the bottom of the page. You will be prompted to enter your password to confirm the change.

How to un-protect your Tweets:

You can always make your Tweets public by un-checking the Tweet privacy option (shown above) in your account settings and then saving your changes.
Be sure to review your pending follower requests before making your Tweets public. Any requests left pending will not be accepted automatically. If left pending, those users will need to follow you again.