Q&A for How to Use Twitter

If you know their twitter username (beginning with the @symbol), include this username anywhere in a tweet, and it will notify that user as a mention. If you start with the @username at the very beginning of your tweet, only Twitter users who follow both of you will see it on their timeline. Put it anywhere else, and it will become a public tweet that all of your followers can see, too.

You can't. That's not how Twitter works. However, you can retweet something that person posted and add a comment if you want them to see what you write. You can write @username at the beginning of your tweet.

Yes; on desktop, click on your profile picture, then go to Settings. The first setting you can change is your username. If you want to change your display name, visit your profile by clicking on your profile picture again, then clicking on "View Profile". Next, click "Edit Profile". Now, you can change your name, profile picture, header, anything to make your profile you.

Locate the unwanted tweeted. Click or tap on the ellipsis icon (the three dots ...) and a dropdown menu will appear. There you will see "Delete Tweet" as an option. Press on this and the tweet will be removed.

The heart icon allows you to "like" people's posts. By clicking on it, the post goes into your "Likes" list.

You can tweet as much as you like in a day, or as little as you like. The issue is how much your followers can bear. Too much and they will unfollow you as you'll be blocking up their stream. Too little and they'll think you're no longer interested, and will likely unfollow you too. You will need to find the right balance depending on what you tweet about, who your followers are and who you are. If you're a celebrity and you wanted to tweet every single minute of the day, you would probably be adored; if you're anyone else, it'd probably result in a mass loss of followers!

You certainly can and this was once a popular way of using Twitter back in the day. Go to the Twitter website and follow the joining prompts provided there. You can then enjoy using Twitter on your computer with great ease.

Look for the heart icon or symbol underneath the person's post. If there is an image as well as text, the icon will be underneath the image. Simply click on the heart and you will have liked the post. You can check all of your liked posts under "Likes" from your menu bar.

Click or tap the curved arrow at the bottom of the tweet. This will open a reply dialogue with a text box. Alternately, click or tap the tweet itself to open a full view of it and its previous replies. In either case, you can type your reply into the reply box. Twitter will automatically format your reply so the person will see it.

Visit the user's profile who you are trying to get notifications from. Next to the "Follow" button (typically to the left), there will be a button (on mobile it is a star) that you can press to get notifications whenever that user tweets.

You can only delete your own Tweets.

You can see who has interacted with you by clicking on the bell icon. You can also see who liked your tweet by clicking the tweet you want to see, then clicking the number next to the heart.

You can't actually "like" a tweet, but you can do what Twitter calls "favoriting." To do that, you just click/tap the little heart at the bottom of the tweet.

No. Anyone who is following you will see your tweet in their feed. Additionally, anyone will be able to view your tweet by searching for that hashtag on Twitter. If you want to privately send content on Twitter, you'll have to use a direct message.

No, usernames no longer count toward Twitter's 140-character limit.

Go to the tweet and click on it to expand. Now scroll down to bottom and read the replies!

Just click the 'like' again.

You can't delete others' Tweets on Twitter. Instead, you can block or mute any Twitter accounts.

Go to your settings in Twitter, then tap on "notifications" to see options for limiting updates.

No, you can make friends on Twitter.

Check out wikiHow to Send a Direct Message on Twitter .

That depends on whether the person allows DMs from everyone. Celebrities, or people with a lot of followers, will typically set their settings so that only people who they follow can DM them.

Choose the person or organization that you wish to unfollow from your contacts list or their feed page. Then click or tap once on the blue "Follow" box and it will change to "Unfollow". You are now no longer following them. If you use a service to work out who is and isn't following you, that service will usually allow you to unfollow people direct from its own site, provided you have allowed the app to access your Twitter account.

Simply copy your link and shorten it at t.co. Paste in your "What's Happening" box.

Go to to the profile of the user you would like to block and click the 3 dots icon at the top right corner of the user’s profile. Select “Block” from the drop-down list and confirm your action.

When you start a tweet with "@" it can only be sees by the mentioned user ("@username"). When you use ".'" before the @, that tweet can be seen by that user and all of your followers.

The retweet is one of the most commonly used tools on Twitter and is a great way to pass on interesting tweets that you have read with your followers. Read How to Retweet .

You can change your Twitter username from the settings. Just log in to your Twitter account and navigate to the settings page. Enter a new name in the "Username" field and hit the "Enter" button. Click "Save changes" to finish.

Twitter doesn't allow you to edit a Tweet. But you can delete any Tweets from your account.

Go into "Settings" and turn off "Tweet Privacy."