So you’re invited to a Twitter Party! These things are fast and furious, but can be a ton of fun! But your experience can definitely be enhanced using the right program.
I suggest using TweetChat.
Why
When you join a Twitter Party, you’ll need to enter the given hashtag so the party can see what you say.
Going through Tweetchat adds the hashtag automatically for you, so you can just concentrate on tweeting and forget about the small details. It’s easy!
TweetChat works through your Twitter account and is free.
How to get started
Yep, the first thing you need to do is fire up a Twitter account.
This is what Tweetchat.com looks like.
#1. and #2. Enter the party hashtag you will be joining
#3. Select GO.
This is what the chat window looks like.
Here are a few settings that will make your experience more enjoyable.
#4. Select refresh speed on the lower left.
#5. Slide the lever to the left until it reads ‘Refresh every 5 seconds’.
#6. Widen your text window by grabbing the lower right and pull down.
Now you are ready to chat!
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This is wonderful, Donna! Thank you for putting in the time to create such a valuable resource for new Tweeters! …it’s Tweeters, isn’t it? 🙂
Hi Donna! I might do this since its you that will be showing me the “ropes”. I do love your blog and twitter sounds like fun, but I don’t have a FB account and am not really interested in having one, so I’ll check the sidebar on your blog for updates…your never to old (I’ll be 58 in May)to learn something new!!
June 🙂
Sounds great. I have live tweet chats with my writing group but can naver keep up. I’ll try yours. 🙂
It sounds interesting–I’d love to learn more, so will try to show up!
Thanks for the info and instructions! Now I think I’ll be ready for my first Twitter Party!