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A lot of people use third party applications to tweet with, rather than going directly to Twitter. The ones I use include HootSuite, TweetDeck, and MarketMeSuite.  If you look carefully at these apps, you can see what other peeps are tweeting with.

On TweetDeck, look at the lower line where it gives the name of the person and the date. It also says “via [app name]“.  HootSuite has it directly under the name of the person (this is also true for the mobile app), and MarketMeSuite places the app name at the top. All of these names are links that will take you to the application website.

When it says “Web” for the name, it is referring to the main Twitter website.  This is also true if there isn’t an app mentioned.

Some of the different apps I have seen include: Visibli, TwitterFeed, FourSquare, LinkedIn, Tweet Button, Timely, CoTweet, Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android, and SocialOomph. I will be reviewing these in later posts.

When you post a note on Twitter, it is called a “Tweet.” The Tweet or post can only be 140 characters, which is why Twitter is referred to as micro-blogging.

People on Twitter are known by the “@” symbol and whatever they call themselves.  If you are curious about someone, you can click on their name and see their profile.

If you feel overwhelmed by the number of Tweets coming at you, you can make some of them Favorites and come back to them later. On the Twitter website, you will see a star in the upper right hand corner of the post. If you click on that, the star turns yellow. You have now made that post a Favorite. To access these posts on the website, look on the right side of the page and you will see a link labeled “Favorites.” Click on that, and it will bring up a list of the Tweets you starred. When you are done reading a tweet, merely click on the star again and it and the note fades away.

If you are using TweetDeck (and I will be doing a review of this application later), you can mouse over the avatar (photo or drawing of the person) and you will see a heart. That is also for making a favorite out of a Tweet. When you click on the heart, the dot next to the person’s name disappears.