Wednesday, August 8, 2012
The New Twitter
Twitter Recently Changed There Layout Around so I thought id Post About Where to Find Things
Activity
Go to your Discover tab. The second item in the top left box is your Activity timeline, showing actions being taken by those you follow.
Conversations
To see the conversation around any Tweet in your timeline, click the Open button on the top left of the Tweet. The Tweet wil expand to show replies and threaded conversation.
Direct Messages
Click the profile icon on the top right of your page. On the dropdown menu, click Direct messages to see your message history and to compose a new message.
Favorites
Navigate to your profile page via the link on your Home tab, or by clicking the profile icon in your top navigation bar. Then click Favorites from the left side of your profile page.
Find friends
Go to your Discover tab, then click Find friends to locate them using your email address book. Use the search box in the navigation bar to search for Twitter accounts by keyword.
Followers/Following
Go to your profile page. Your following and follower lists appear on the left. Unfollow users from this page, or by going to their own profile on Twitter.
Follower Requests
Private account holders will see a box on the left side of their homepage listing the number of unapproved follower requests when new ones come in. Click the box to respond. They are also listed in your profile dropdown from the top navigation bar.
Help
Click the profile dropdown menu in the top navigation bar for a Help link to our Help Center.
Lists
Click the profile dropdown menu in the top navigation bar. Click Lists from that menu. Or, go to your Profile page and click on Lists from the menu there.
Logging out of your account
To log out of your account, click the profile dropdown in the top right corner of your page. The last item in the dropdown menu says Sign out.
Media
To access any media (photos, videos, songs) in Tweets, hover over the Tweet and click Open in the top right. Photos and videos display in line.
Mentions
Go to your Connect tab and click the Mentions option on the menu in the top left.
Profile page
Click your profile picture on your Home tab. Or, open the profile icon dropdown menu from the top navigation bar and click on View my profile page.
Retweets
Go to your Connect tab and visit the Interactions timeline to see who retweeted your Tweets.
Search
Type your query into the search box in the top navigation bar, then click your return key.
Saved searches
Click the search box in the top navigation bar. Your saved searches will appear below the search box.
Settings
Go to your profile page, then click the Edit your profile button. Or, click on Settings from the profile icon dropdown menu in the top navigation bar.
Trends
Trends appear in the lefthand side of your Discover tab, as well as on the lefthand side of your Home tab.
Tweets
Tweets from all the people you follow will appear in the main timeline on your Home tab. Your own Tweets are shown on your profile page.
Who to follow
From your Home tab or your Discover tab, click the Who to follow option on the lefthand side.
