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Quick Facts about Twitter:

Q. What is Twitter?

A. Twitter is a short message service or SMS where people from around the world type in explanations for what they are doing at the moment. These statuses are known as "tweets" and have to be 140 characters or less.

Millions of people now have Twitter accounts and the number of users is growing all the time. Most of these people enjoy being able to know what their friends and family members are doing.

Twitter messages ("tweets") are not sent indiscriminately; they are only distributed to recipients who have elected to become followers. Messages can also be sent via instant messaging, the Twitter Web site or a third-party Twitter application. A MySpace account can also be updated.

Twitter is ranked as one of the 50 most popular websites worldwide by Alexa's web traffic analysis.

Q. How can I get more Twitter followers to follow me?

A. The more you use Twitter and contribute useful content, the more you find followers will find you.

Q. How do I send a thanks for following me on Twitter message?

A. When you “follow” certain Twitter users, you may have noticed that sometimes you receive an email notification or reply saying “Thanks for following us” or similar.

So how do I send an auto reply "thanks for following us" type message when people start following me on Twitter? There is a free service from http://www.socialoomph.com/ that allows you to:

1. Automatically “follow” your “followers”

2. Submit a Twitter message to be published at a later time

3. Automatically respond to your followers with a personal message(s)

4. Automatically follow someone who followed you and at the same time, send them a "Thank You for following me" private (DM) message on Twitter, and to their email (if they have opted in to receive email notifications).

How to ReTweet:

Examples

1 - RT @TWITTERUSERNAME Message goes here

2 - Start of meassage @TWITTERUSERNAME Rest of message goes here

3 - Retweet: @TWITTERUSERNAME Message - URL - Continue message

A retweet is a form of approval so it is common courtesy to thank someone who retweets you.

Q. Is Twitter accessible to people with vision impairments?

A. If you are a Twitter user with a disability, blind, or have a hearing impairment, you should try Accessible Twitter which is designed to be easier to use and is optimized for disabled users as an alternative to the main Twitter.com website.

Twitter page looking funny or blank lately when you visit?

The chances are the Twitter website is not loading CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) properly. Solution, try clicking the refresh button on your browser a couple of times. Also try refreshing the Twitter page if it is blank and nothing is showing.

Disabled World is today's leading online source for Disability and Health information, and we are often featured in newspapers, on TV, and other worldwide media outlets.

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