How to Find Twitter Friends

Find and follow friends and events on Twitter.

Twitter is a social network that connects you with information about friends, famous people and news events in real time. Twitter friends are people or companies that follow your Twitter feed. Increase the scope of your social network by increasing your Twitter friend list.

Instructions

1. Search for your family, friends and coworkers using the "Find People" feature. This is an easy way to quickly start building your social network on Twitter. Another way is to type a friend's name into the search box on your Twitter home page.

2. Edit your email lists and search for contacts on Twitter by inputting their email addresses. Twitter will even search your email contact lists for you, making the process much quicker and efficient.

3. Decide which keywords or topics are important enough that you want to have conversations about them. You can search for other users who are talking about the same keywords and join in the conversation. This method builds your social network contacts around common themes.

4. Research each of the people you follow to find out who they follow. Chances are you'll find high-quality people to follow who can add substantially to your Twitter experience.

Tips & Warnings

• Follow and unfollow Twitter friends as you feel they add value to your social networks.

References

• Twitter: How to Find Friends and Colleagues on Twitter
• Twitter: How to Find People on Twitter: Twitter Search!

Resources

• Twitter Basics