also, for those who do not know much about twitter (myself included), anyone who has some pointers on how to use Twitter and follow the feeds, hashtags, mentions, whatever post on here too. this will be a great tool if SHH crashes once news is flying around... or virals are launched.
I've been on twitter since 2008 - so hopefully I can offer some tips.
1. #anythingfollowing a number sign without spaces is an instantly searchable phrase (as you probably know at this point)
2. @username -- this is called your handle
3. using @someonesuser name in a tweet is called an "@reply"
4. Starting out a tweet with an @reply only shows up in the your newsfeed as well as anyone following you AND the person you @replyed.
5. If the person you @replyed is following you, it will show up in their newsfeed. If they are not, it will show up in their "Mentions"
6. if you want to @reply someone, but also allow all of your followers to see it, you can add a character right before the @reply. Such as .@reply
7. you can only direct message someone you follow, who is also following you
8. There are a few ways to retweet (RT).
a. use the built in retweet feature of twitter.
Pro - the stats are tracked in twitter.
Con - This may or may not show up on followers newsfeeds. If they are using a third-party twitter app, it might not
b. use RT: @reply
Pro - This allows all of your followers to see the retweet, regardless of what twitter-app they are using.
Pro - You can add text before hand, or after (if you add it after one easy way to differentiate is to follow the retweet text with "// your text..."
Con - This uses up more characters because it includes the RT: @reply toward your 140 character count
c. share text followed by (via @reply) This has similar Pros & cons as the RT: method
9. other than that, I would recommend using a third-party app. I am partial to hootsuite. it's free and it allows me to save/view searches more easily than regular twitter
Hope those are some helpful tips for those new to twitter
I haven't tweeted anything #dkrshh yet - but if you want, my handle is @deb_wa