[Blindtlk] Questions regarding Twitter

[Chris Nusbaum]

Jim,

You can indeed group the people you follow on Twitter into lists. Once you have created a list and added some people to it, only their tweets will show up if you go into that list. This is handy if you, like me, are following a lot of people and would like to only see certain tweets at certain times. I have found that TweetList works best with lists on Twitter. To create a list in the app, double tap that TweetList's tab father would buy the add button. Then simply follow the prompts.

To my knowledge there is no way to send a tweet only to a certain list. However, you may be able to send a direct message (DM) to a specific group of people. Keep in mind though that a person must be following you before you can send them a direct message.

Finally, there is unfortunately no way to remove someone from your list of followers. Unlike Facebook, anyone can follow you on Twitter. This is mostly harmless, however, as this only means they see your tweets and you do not have to follow them. If you want, you can go into your Twitter settings and turn on the settings which will protect your tweets. This means that if somebody wants to follow you, you must accept that request before they see your tweets. I had the setting turned on for a while, but I found it to be somewhat of a nuisance and finally turned off. Now if someone follows me who I don't know, I just will not follow them back. I have also learned to keep my tweets devoid of any really personal information so those I don't know won't get my personal info. This, however, is all up to you as the individual user.

Hope this helps,

Chris Nusbaum, Secretary
Maryland Association of Blind Students

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 25, 2014, at 4:25 PM, "Jim Portillo" <portillo.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi there,
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> I wasn't quite sure if this question was appropriate, but since I can use
> Twitter with either a computer or an iDevice.the twitter website or twitter
> app or TweetList, I figured I could get some kind of answer.
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> I was told that one could have lists or groups on Twitter where you can
> group your friends or people you're following.  First of all, is this true,
> and how exactly does that work?
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> Also, if I post a tweet, is it possibly for only a certain group or list to
> see that tweet?  If so, how would I go about doing this?
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> So, if anyone has any tips or advice regarding working with Twitter and
> groups, I'd love to hear from you.
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> Oh, while I'm at this, I'll ask one final question.  There are people
> following me that I don't know.  How can I remove them from the list of
> folks following me, especially since I don't know them?
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> Thanks for any help.  This would be worth while.
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> 
> Jim
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