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Posting a Twitter update, or "tweet"
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<h2>Some people call them tweets<br /></h2>
<p>Twitter always asks the question, "What are you doing?" Each answer to that question is considered a Twitter status update, or what people often call a "tweet." Each update is 140 characters or less. Once you've signed up, just type your first tweet in the update box. We'll even count the characters for you! Click the update button to post the tweet to your profile.</p>
<p><img src="/attachments/135732" border="0" alt="Twitter___Home.jpg" /></p>
<p>Another way (some say the best way!) to post updates is from your cell phone. Most exciting things happen while we're away from our computers. <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/23786/entries/14589">Set up your phone</a> and send Twitter a text message, or if your phone has a web browser, use the special version of our site that's made for mobile web browsers, m.twitter.com. </p>
<p> </p>
<h2>How to post your first tweet</h2>
<p>If you've started your account from the web, just log in and type something, and you're done!</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to <a href="http://twitter.com">http://twitter.com</a> and log in</li>
<li>Type your update into the "What are you doing" box</li>
<li>Click the update button</li>
</ol>
<p>Your tweet will post to your profile page and you should see it in your timeline. </p>
<p> </p>
<h2>What do people tweet about?<br /></h2>
<p>Everything! From the most mundane (<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22going+to+sleep%22">going to sleep</a>) to the most personal, (<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22having+a+baby%22">having a baby!</a>) people say it all on Twitter. You don't have to say exactly what you're doing, you can say whatever you want. Share random thoughts, post a link, say what you're<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22listening+to%22"> listening to</a> or what you <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=dreamt">dreamt </a>about. You can post something as simple as "Eating a sandwich."</p>
<p> </p>
<h2>But why would people do that?<span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #333333;"> </span></h2>
<p>People like to share. <a href="http://twitter.com/zappos">Companies</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/cnnbrk">news agencies</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/the_real_shaq">celebrities</a>, and even the <a href="http://twitter.com/barackobama">President</a> have information to share! They use Twitter for fun, but also to share important information. Twitter is a way for companies, celebrities and other organizations to communicate with people. </p>
<p>Twitter sends and receives millions of different kinds of messages from all over the world in real time. Suddenly what you're doing is also part of what everyone is doing, right at this very moment. For this reason, news breaks first on Twitter. When something happens, Twitter is the first to know because people who are there are talking about it. To see this for yourself, visit <span style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://search.twitter.com">Twitter search</a> and type in any word to see what people are saying about it right now. Check out the topics that are most interesting to all of Twitter in the trends section of the sidebar.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<h2>Why 140 characters?<br /></h2>
<p>We like to keep it short and sweet! It also just so happens that 140 characters is the perfect length for sending status updates via text message. The standard text message length in most places is 160 characters per message. We reserve 20 characters for people's names, and the other 140 are all yours!</p>
<p> </p>
<h2>How do I delete a tweet?</h2>
<p>To delete a tweet that you have posted, please read <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/18906" title="How to delete a tweet">this article</a>. Note that you may only delete tweets which you posted yourself from your account. You may not delete tweets which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15355" title="Unfollowing and blocking">unfollow or block</a> users whose tweets you do not want to receive.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://twitter.com/timeline/home">I'm done reading this help article, now take me back to Twitter.com</a></span></p>
<h2>Some people call them tweets<br /></h2>
<p>Twitter always asks the question, "What are you doing?" Each answer to that question is considered a Twitter status update, or what people often call a "tweet." Each update is 140 characters or less. Once you've signed up, just type your first tweet in the update box. We'll even count the characters for you! Click the update button to post the tweet to your profile.</p>
<p><img src="/attachments/135732" border="0" alt="Twitter___Home.jpg" /></p>
<p>Another way (some say the best way!) to post updates is from your cell phone. Most exciting things happen while we're away from our computers. <a href="http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/23786/entries/14589">Set up your phone</a> and send Twitter a text message, or if your phone has a web browser, use the special version of our site that's made for mobile web browsers, m.twitter.com. </p>
<p> </p>
<h2>How to post your first tweet</h2>
<p>If you've started your account from the web, just log in and type something, and you're done!</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to <a href="http://twitter.com">http://twitter.com</a> and log in</li>
<li>Type your update into the "What are you doing" box</li>
<li>Click the update button</li>
</ol>
<p>Your tweet will post to your profile page and you should see it in your timeline. </p>
<p> </p>
<h2>What do people tweet about?<br /></h2>
<p>Everything! From the most mundane (<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22going+to+sleep%22">going to sleep</a>) to the most personal, (<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22having+a+baby%22">having a baby!</a>) people say it all on Twitter. You don't have to say exactly what you're doing, you can say whatever you want. Share random thoughts, post a link, say what you're<a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22listening+to%22"> listening to</a> or what you <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=dreamt">dreamt </a>about. You can post something as simple as "Eating a sandwich."</p>
<p> </p>
<h2>But why would people do that?<span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; color: #333333;"> </span></h2>
<p>People like to share. <a href="http://twitter.com/zappos">Companies</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/cnnbrk">news agencies</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/the_real_shaq">celebrities</a>, and even the <a href="http://twitter.com/barackobama">President</a> have information to share! They use Twitter for fun, but also to share important information. Twitter is a way for companies, celebrities and other organizations to communicate with people. </p>
<p>Twitter sends and receives millions of different kinds of messages from all over the world in real time. Suddenly what you're doing is also part of what everyone is doing, right at this very moment. For this reason, news breaks first on Twitter. When something happens, Twitter is the first to know because people who are there are talking about it. To see this for yourself, visit <span style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://search.twitter.com">Twitter search</a> and type in any word to see what people are saying about it right now. Check out the topics that are most interesting to all of Twitter in the trends section of the sidebar.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<h2>Why 140 characters?<br /></h2>
<p>We like to keep it short and sweet! It also just so happens that 140 characters is the perfect length for sending status updates via text message. The standard text message length in most places is 160 characters per message. We reserve 20 characters for people's names, and the other 140 are all yours!</p>
<p> </p>
<h2>How do I delete a tweet?</h2>
<p>To delete a tweet that you have posted, please read <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/18906" title="How to delete a tweet">this article</a>. Note that you may only delete tweets which you posted yourself from your account. You may not delete tweets which were posted by other accounts. Instead, you can <a href="http://help.twitter.com/forums/10711/entries/15355" title="Unfollowing and blocking">unfollow or block</a> users whose tweets you do not want to receive.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://twitter.com/timeline/home">I'm done reading this help article, now take me back to Twitter.com</a></span></p>
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