FYI - Twitter time stamps are links to the tweets

[L. Coyote]

So, if you see a post like this, click the time stamp to see more, including all the interactions. Notice the placement of the word "thread" above the time stamp link. Click the time stamp to see the thread.

Link to tweet

A few people have griped about twitter. You know they didn't read Twitter for Dummies. Yes, the book is out!

Twitter For Dummies Cheat Sheet

If you are unfamiliar with Twitter, there are useful online sites that get you up to speed in minutes.

Also FYI, Twitter is not for dummies. The search feature is very useful, the photos deliver great visual content, and if you have an account you can really control what you see in your feed.

[Cha]

1. I've just been clicking the body of the thread

.. works, too.

Thank you for the tutorial on twitter, Coyote, and the link to Twitter for Dummies.

[L. Coyote]

2. In Twitter it makes a difference, you can copy the URL from the time stamp.

Clicking the body brings up the thread, and the URL in the address bar. The time stamp link is a short cut to copy and then paste here.

Link to tweet

[Cha]

4. That's weird.. I get the same when I click

the time stamp as I do the message. I did it several times.

Btw.. that is good news from MikeFarb

[L. Coyote]

6. You right-click the link to copy it with the drop menu.

Control click on Macs. Different menu if you do same to the body.

[Cha]

8. Oh I see what you mean.. Right click.. "copy shortcut"..

Link to tweet

Thanks! The message was left click and sometimes I do want the thread.

[MontanaMama]

3. Thanks for the lesson!

I have a Twitter account but I've found it overwhelming and haven't done much with it. Maybe I'll jump back in the pool at Ed racing your tutorial.

[L. Coyote]

5. I have a Twitter account for academic use. Not political.

I follow science news with only a couple of exceptions, so it is a pleasant place without political stress. The great thing about an account is controlling who you follow and seeing only that in your "Home" tab.

[MontanaMama]

7. Really? i didn't realize

that I could live in my own little structured Twitter world without all the political fallout. I may wade a little deeper...

[Cha]

9. Good Luck.. I'm going to join one

day but for now I'm just trying to hang in there on what I'm already doing.

[MontanaMama]

11. You're doing a lot Cha!

I like to hear you kicking ass and taking names here on DU.

[Cha]

13. LOL.. you

made my day, MontanaMama!

[L. Coyote]

10. Here is an account I follow, Stonehenge. Check out who they follow.

Click this link then click "Following" and check out who you might want to follow also:

https://twitter.com/EH_Stonehenge

So my Twitter feed (Home tab) looks like this rather than a trump troll army invasion:

Link to tweet

[MontanaMama]

12. This clearly illustrates the benefits

Of creating a trump free Twitter universe of my own. On it!