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Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Fri, 19 May 2017 22:31:31 GMT

I am not a formal Twitter user but do scan through some folks messages throughout the day. What I liked is that at the left side of the screen were folks that perhaps you may also like or were linked to them via their work affiliation. Sometime between this morning and just now I have lost that information so my question is to Twitter users is that function still there or is that something I may have to look into signing up for to get it restored as it really opened me up to several people I probably would have never found on my own.

Any information provided will be greatly appreciated! . . .

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

sunshine45 — Fri, 19 May 2017 23:07:59 GMT

are you on the app or on a computer?

on my lefthand side of the screen are the things that are "trending" either via subject matter or hashtag. what you see depends on what your area setting is. right now mine is set to my city.

i have to go and look at my app.

i am not sure i have ever seen people i search or work with on the left hand side of my main page.

when you go to a page of a business or person that you might folow you will see "followers you know" on that page.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Fri, 19 May 2017 23:18:04 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
are you on the app or on a computer?

on my lefthand side of the screen are the things that are "trending" either via subject matter or hashtag. what you see depends on what your area setting is. right now mine is set to my city.

i have to go and look at my app.

i am not sure i have ever seen people i search or work with on the left hand side of my main page.

when you go to a page of a business or person that you might folow you will see "followers you know" on that page.

Oh thanks so much @sunshine45 no I am just on my laptop so no app. I just stop in throughout the day to see what people are talking about or sometimes these conversations direct me to great articles or folks I had never heard of before.

I still have the "trending" feature but for me there used to be a small group of folks that were affiliated with each other (say CNN, Foxnews, NYT, etc.) that is no longer there in a small, separate category.

Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and your help as I very much appreciate it!

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

sunshine45 — Fri, 19 May 2017 23:40:28 GMT

@momtochloe

go to the CNN twitter page. then check out the lefthand side of the page. you should see "followers you know." not sure if that is exactly what you are looking for though.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Fri, 19 May 2017 23:58:29 GMT

@sunshine45 wrote:
@momtochloe
go to the CNN twitter page. then check out the lefthand side of the page. you should see "followers you know." not sure if that is exactly what you are looking for though.

Thanks for this @sunshine45 but it's still not there . . . I have a feeling they made a change to encourage folks like me to sign up and then that option would be available. To be honest, I don't want to sign up as I am not big on social media and shame on me for even saying that as I have no problem skimming through their feeds throughout the day . . .

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Sat, 20 May 2017 00:10:14 GMT

Sigh . . . ok never mind it's back (the category is called You May Also Like) . . . again @sunshine45 thanks for all your help!

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

QueenDanceALot — Sat, 20 May 2017 00:14:41 GMT

Hey, mtc! I am signed up on Twitter and sometimes I see recommendations for "people to follow" and sometimes I don't (on my page). I don't have any personal info on my page, not like some people do. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

When I signed up I had the option to scroll through topics and interests to see who I might want to follow, and that was helpful I add and delete as I hang around there.

Wish I could be of more help.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Sat, 20 May 2017 00:22:33 GMT

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Hey, mtc! I am signed up on Twitter and sometimes I see recommendations for "people to follow" and sometimes I don't (on my page). I don't have any personal info on my page, not like some people do. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

When I signed up I had the option to scroll through topics and interests to see who I might want to follow, and that was helpful I add and delete as I hang around there.

Wish I could be of more help.

Hi @QueenDanceALot, I was going to sign up for Twitter just to follow a couple of people but they wanted an email address which of course was too much work for me to create so I decided to stalk them anonymously . . .

Quick question, did you use a regular email address to sign up or did you create a throwaway? Sorry but I have become so paranoid these days as my knowledge of social media is very stunted due to my insistence to be so . . . .

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

QueenDanceALot — Sat, 20 May 2017 13:03:53 GMT

@momtochloe wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Hey, mtc! I am signed up on Twitter and sometimes I see recommendations for "people to follow" and sometimes I don't (on my page). I don't have any personal info on my page, not like some people do. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

When I signed up I had the option to scroll through topics and interests to see who I might want to follow, and that was helpful I add and delete as I hang around there.

Wish I could be of more help.

Hi @QueenDanceALot, I was going to sign up for Twitter just to follow a couple of people but they wanted an email address which of course was too much work for me to create so I decided to stalk them anonymously . . .

Quick question, did you use a regular email address to sign up or did you create a throwaway? Sorry but I have become so paranoid these days as my knowledge of social media is very stunted due to my insistence to be so . . . .

@Good Morning, @momtochloe!

I used my real email address. No problems with it so far. I don't spend much time there but I like to keep up with some people's thoughts on a few different topics, local, national and international.

I don't see why you couldn't use a throwaway email address, but I am no expert on that stuff so maybe I'm wrong.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

jackthebear — Sat, 20 May 2017 13:21:41 GMT

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@momtochloe wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Hey, mtc! I am signed up on Twitter and sometimes I see recommendations for "people to follow" and sometimes I don't (on my page). I don't have any personal info on my page, not like some people do. I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not.

When I signed up I had the option to scroll through topics and interests to see who I might want to follow, and that was helpful I add and delete as I hang around there.

Wish I could be of more help.

Hi @QueenDanceALot, I was going to sign up for Twitter just to follow a couple of people but they wanted an email address which of course was too much work for me to create so I decided to stalk them anonymously . . .

Quick question, did you use a regular email address to sign up or did you create a throwaway? Sorry but I have become so paranoid these days as my knowledge of social media is very stunted due to my insistence to be so . . . .
@Good Morning, @momtochloe!

I used my real email address. No problems with it so far. I don't spend much time there but I like to keep up with some people's thoughts on a few different topics, local, national and international.

I don't see why you couldn't use a throwaway email address, but I am no expert on that stuff so maybe I'm wrong.

you could create a twitter only address, but then there is just one more address to keep track off.

I tried twitter a few years ago, I love SM but I found that for me, it was not much use. If you have a product or service it could be great. I also found that as soon as I signed up I got dodgy followers,

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

QueenDanceALot — Mon, 22 May 2017 00:27:45 GMT

Hey @momtochloe,

I was on Twitter this morning and noticed I got 2 new followers, both of whom turned out to be these really, hm, how do I put it, um, well, Skanky women, women who put their photos up on their page in thongs and provocative poses. I was like, What?

Anyway, I just blocked them. I had to block someone a few months back who started calling me all kinds of names because of somethng I posted about someone I can't mention on this board.

Most of my interactions there have been fine.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Mon, 22 May 2017 20:58:51 GMT

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Hey @momtochloe,

I was on Twitter this morning and noticed I got 2 new followers, both of whom turned out to be these really, hm, how do I put it, um, well, Skanky women, women who put their photos up on their page in thongs and provocative poses. I was like, What?

Anyway, I just blocked them. I had to block someone a few months back who started calling me all kinds of names because of somethng I posted about someone I can't mention on this board.

Most of my interactions there have been fine.

Tee hee oh heavens @QueenDanceALot I was just thinking of signing up so I could follow a few people, I would never actively participate . . . I mean c'mon, I only signed up for Facebook because I wanted a coupon . . .

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

QueenDanceALot — Mon, 22 May 2017 23:40:45 GMT

@momtochloe wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Hey @momtochloe,

I was on Twitter this morning and noticed I got 2 new followers, both of whom turned out to be these really, hm, how do I put it, um, well, Skanky women, women who put their photos up on their page in thongs and provocative poses. I was like, What?

Anyway, I just blocked them. I had to block someone a few months back who started calling me all kinds of names because of somethng I posted about someone I can't mention on this board.

Most of my interactions there have been fine.
Tee hee oh heavens @QueenDanceALot I was just thinking of signing up so I could follow a few people, I would never actively participate . . . I mean c'mon, I only signed up for Facebook because I wanted a coupon . . .

It can be really fun there. I read a thread today where some of the people had me in stitches. I think you would enjoy it. There are so many topics, something for everyone. And I don't know what exactly they don't allow but I think something has to be really egregious for them to block or delete it.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

momtochloe — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:11:53 GMT

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@momtochloe wrote:
@QueenDanceALot wrote:
Hey @momtochloe,

I was on Twitter this morning and noticed I got 2 new followers, both of whom turned out to be these really, hm, how do I put it, um, well, Skanky women, women who put their photos up on their page in thongs and provocative poses. I was like, What?

Anyway, I just blocked them. I had to block someone a few months back who started calling me all kinds of names because of somethng I posted about someone I can't mention on this board.

Most of my interactions there have been fine.
Tee hee oh heavens @QueenDanceALot I was just thinking of signing up so I could follow a few people, I would never actively participate . . . I mean c'mon, I only signed up for Facebook because I wanted a coupon . . .
It can be really fun there. I read a thread today where some of the people had me in stitches. I think you would enjoy it. There are so many topics, something for everyone. And I don't know what exactly they don't allow but I think something has to be really egregious for them to block or delete it.

Oh goodness my friend @QueenDanceALot if you knew how long I lurked here before I finally got up the courage to post you would be laughing for the rest of the evening . . . I am quite the internet weenie . . .

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

VaBelle35 — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:14:25 GMT

I've had a Twitter account for years using my regular email address. I have everthing protected. I just read.

I change who I follow periodically. Some people begin to annoy me or just get on a tangent that they can't get off (like this week it was Barbra Streisand), so I stop following them.

Easy peasy.

Re: Quick question for Twitter users

IUredhead — Tue, 23 May 2017 00:15:07 GMT

Just thought I would poke my head in for a couple of comments. I use Twitter from a laptop and the "Who to Follow" suggestions are now appearing on the right side of the screeen. I"m sorry that I don't know when it changed and if it's in a setting, but it is there.

I don't do a lot of tweeting from my phone, so I can't answer for if or how it shows up there.

Twitter can be what you make of it. You can follow TV shows, actors, singers, celebs, sports personalities, etc. It just depends on what your interests are. You can always follow someone for a while and then unfollow if you don't care.

I follow accounts associated with the university I work with, the local news personalities, weather people, sports people, singers, actors, etc. Twitter is a good way to short, quick amounts of information that you can then investigate further if you want. I've received replies & likes from a few celebs & local TV personalities. Kenny Rogers has "liked" a few of my tweets. Got birthday tweets from Thomas Gibson & Joel Murray because my friends asked. As a fan of college basketball, I follow some of the people associated with it, like ****** Vitale. I'm a nerdy geek so I follow the weather guys and they post things at times other than just local news.

One of the cool things with Twitter is you can follow regular people who share similar interests to you too. I have made Twitter friends with people all over the world.

Of course, as with all social media, most all of it is regular people with their own opinions, so sometimes you just have to take it with a grain of salt.

I hope this answers some of your questions and helps you out.

--Jeri