How to Post Your Tweet

You can post a tweet from your cellphone or computer.

Twitter is a micro-blogging website that lets you post 140-character updates about anything that is on your mind. If you are new to Twitter, you may be overwhelmed by the unfamiliar interface and phrases. While learning the lingo of Twitter may take some time, posting a tweet to your account can be as simple as sending a text-message.

Instructions

Posting Online

1. Start your web browser and log on to twitter.com

2. Log in to your Twitter account.

3. Type your tweet into the box labeled "What's happening?" Once you have completed your message, click the gray box labeled "Tweet."

Posting via SMS

1. Navigate to twitter.com

2. Scroll down to the bottom of the "Home" page and click on the "Help" link.

3. Click on the "Mobile" link.

4. Scroll down the "Mobile" page and click on the "How to Find Your Twitter Short or Long Code" link. The link is located in the lower half of the "Twitter Via SMS" section.

5. Locate your country's code and send a text to the number listed with the word "START" in all caps. Twitter lists the codes for all countries on a page titled "How To Find Your Twitter Short Code or Long Code" in the "Help Center" section of the company's website.

6. Reply to the text message sent by Twitter (it will come from the country code you originally sent the "START" message to) with your Twitter username.

7. Reply to the next text message sent by Twitter with your Twitter account password. Remember that passwords are case sensitive.

8. Reply "OK" to the next text message sent by Twitter (it should be the third one you've received) asking you if it is okay to authorize the use of Twitter on your phone. Save your country code in your phone's contacts. You can now send tweets to this number in the form of text messages.

References

• Twitter: How To Post a Tweet
• Twitter: How To Add Your Phone via SMS
• Twitter: How to Find Your Twitter Short Code or Long Code