I will present the steps for creating a twitter account in bullet points in order to keep this post straightforward to follow.Afterwards I will explain the purpose and use of hash-tags on twitter .I will assume that the user is not already on the twitter homepage.As a prerequisite I have assumed that the person following these steps has an email address.
- Open a browser of your choice(Google chrome,Firefox,internet explorer etc) and either enter https://www.twitter.com into the address bar or type twitter into your browsers search engine.
- On the twitter homepage there is a box titled ‘New to twitter.Sign up’.Enter your name,valid email address and your chosen password.
- Click the sign up button.
- On the next page you will be asked to create a username.A username is a unique identifier that your followers use when sending replies,mentions in a tweet and direct messages.Twitter will check if the username is available.
- Then double check your name, username and email address.When you have done this click ‘Create my account’.
- Next go to the email address you entered on signing up and click the link in the confirmation email sent by twitter to activate your account.
Hashtags are a concept on twitter that helps categorize tweets to help them show more easily in a Twitter search.The hashtag symbol # is used before a user chosen keyword or phrase with no space in between.The hashtag can be placed anywhere in a tweet When clicked twitter will presents every other tweet with the same keyword .For example a tweet as such as’Any FYP ideas #fyp’ would be categorized under fyp.That way the user could click on the hashtag and see what other people tweeted about this topic,
Ethan MacNamara 