How to Post a Picture to Twitter

Twitter is a free social messaging service that allows its users to receive updates on other user's answers to the question, "What are you doing now?" They call these updates "tweets," which are are sent via short text messages. You can receive tweets by visiting the Twitter website, IM, SMS, RSS or email. You can send tweets from your Twitter profile, your mobile phone, IM account or via a third-party Twitter client.

If you have already established a presence on Twitter (have a Twitter account), you may wonder how to add pictures. Twitter doesn't have a picture posting feature of its own as yet, but you can use a third-party application called Twitpic. Twitpic allows you to easily post pictures to Twitter.

Things You'll Need

• Twitter account

Instructions

1. If you have a Twitter account, then the good news is that you already have a Twitpic account. Go to the Twitpic website (twitpic.com) and log in using your Twitter username and password. Twitpic will take you to your homepage. This will be a familiar sight because all your information will be there just as you entered it on Twitter.

2. Click on the "Upload Photo" link in the upper right. The prompt "Choose an image to upload" subsequently appears.

3. Click on the "Browse" button and navigate to the picture you want to upload to Twitter. Click on "Open" after selecting the image. Check the "Add a message and post it" box and write a message if you want to include a message with your picture. Don't check the box at the bottom. If it is checked, your picture will be posted to Twitpic and not Twitter. Click "Upload" when done.

Tips & Warnings

• Twitterific is an iPhone application that allows you to easily upload a photo from an iPhone to Twitpic account for posting on Twitter.

• The Twitpic terms of service authorize Twitpic to use or distribute your photos on Twitpic.com or affiliated sites.

References

• Computer Hope: How to Post or Tweet a Picture on Twitter

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish