Free microblogging webapp that lets users share "tweets" of up to 140 characters in length.
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Sending a message to someone's Twitter account without following them?
Is it possible to send a private message to another Twitter user without having first followed them?
Or can I send a public message directed at an account without being a follower?
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Is there a Wordpress plugin that will tweet when a scheduled post is posted?
I know there are tons of Twitter/Wordpress plugins out there, but so far I have not been able to get one to do what I need.
I have lots of scheduled posts. When a scheduled post goes like, I would ...
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Finding specific persons with criterias like age and country
I would like to find people from France which are more than 60 years old.
It's in order to offer them a little job : I need to collect their voice.
How could I get in contact with them?
I heard of ...
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How can I backup someone else's Twitter account or Facebook page?
How can I backup the tweets of an account that does not belong to me or the posts of a public Facebook page? All backup services I found on the web require authentication of the Twitter account ...
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Twitter — How do I filter everything except tweets by people I'm actually following
I'm coming back to give Twitter another try after a time away.
For now, what I want to do is this: there are a number of people I want to follow, and read their tweets, but I don't want to see ...
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How can I backup all of my tweets?
Is there a way to download a backup of all of my own tweets, in case Twitter ever goes down for good?
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Report phishing attempt on Twitter
I think a friend's Twitter account has been compromised. She has sent me a direct message with a link which is an obvious phishing attempt to get my password.
I didn't fall for it, and I sent a ...
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Undeleted Twitter photos after account deactivation
I deactivated my Twitter account, but when I search for my @screenname in Google, I see some pages that includes my Twitter photos.
For example: example1.com/twitterusers/screnname.html page includes ...
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Twitter recent images: Where are the thumbnails?
In the past, when I clicked on a Twitter user's "Recent Images", I could see the thumbnails of all their uploaded images in a horizontal or grid view. I cannot see the thumbnails anymore. Where are ...
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Can't load my twitter
Every time I try to go to my twitter page out yells me wrong user name and or password, its not wrong.then I try to get a reset sent to phone and still does not work,I think I may have been hacked, ...
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Twitter: Is there a client that will only show tweeted messages that have been retweeted “n” number of times?
Is there a client that will only show tweeted messages that have been retweeted "n" number of times? I am trying to use twitter as a "news source" I'm wanting to follow reporters and others that I see ...
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Does multi-column Twitter(like Pinterest) look good? [closed]
[I hope this the right place for this question. Sorry if not]
I think twitter will be more visually attractive with multi-column layout, image like tweets and already expanded pics/videos. So I have ...
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Is it possible to retrieve tweets older than 9 days via JSON?
This answer made me wonder if there is a way to retrieve tweets older than 9 days. Maybe another parameter allows it or is there another page with the raw data? There used to be an XML timeline, but ...
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App to forward Facebook / Twitter comments to email and vice versa
I have a helpdesk (deskpro.com) and need a way to get Facebook / Twitter comments to get into our helpdesk to be ticketed and replies to be forwarded back as Facebook / Twitter comments.
Is there a ...
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How to find tweets from a specific date
I am following someone who has a lot of tweets. I want to look at their tweets from three months ago. On their twitter web page, if I scroll down, it keeps showing their older tweets, but using this ...
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A Read it Later mobile connector that saves the tweet (not just the link in it) [closed]
The purpose is to save a link in a tweet for later reading, but I'd like to save some context with the link.
I've tried many apps and all of them parse for a link in the tweet and save the link as a ...
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Create a Twitter list out of all the followers of another person's Twitter account
The first idea was to use ifttt.com, but ifttt.com only allows notifications for new followers for your own account.
Is there another service, that would notify me (by sending an email), when the ...
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How did this guy hack Twitter's 140-character limit?
Today I was surprised to see that a guy has hacked Twitter's 140-character limit. The message consists of 930 characters. How could this be possible?
The direct link to this tweet is here. For ...
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1answer
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Twitter time stamps an hour off. Returns to normal after browser refresh
Something strange is going on. The newest posts in my feed always appear to be an hour ahead, but when I hit refresh in Chrome the times return to normal. Has anyone experienced this before? Could ...
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I accidentally tweeted someone, if I delete it straight after will they still know?
I accidentally tweeted someone, but I deleted it straight after. Will they still get a notification or an e-mail?
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How can I remove a Twitter avatar and reset it to default?
I'd like to remove my current Twitter avatar and have it revert to one of the default avatars/profile images.
How do I do this?
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How can I stop a Facebook app posting spam stuff on my twitter account?
I keep getting twitts like this on my timeline:
@pascale_66: Awesome! I made $102.54 this week just filling out a couple of surveys. http://t.co/GwjDUPK9
I've gone into Facebook, followed the ...
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How to get all Twitter users who retweeted our message [duplicate]
We tweeted a message on our website via Twitter and luckily for us, 1496 people retweeted it.
We want to follow these users to thank them, so my question is:
How can we get the IDs of all Twitter ...
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On Twitter, how can I find people most followed by the people that I follow?
Twitter recommends who you might want to follow and indicates a couple of people-that-I-follow that follow them. But no mention of how many others.
If you click on the recommendation you can get ...
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1answer
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Twitter “Me” button illumination
On twitter's main desktop web site, there are 4 sort-of buttons at the top: Home, Connect, Discover and Me. Home sort of illuminates blue when there are unread/unloaded tweets, and Connect illuminates ...
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How do I upload transparent avatar to twitter?
Whenever I try to upload a png with transparent background on twitter , I am getting a white background. I tried to upload different sizes pngs (24x24, 256x256, 512x512),but it didn't help. It appears ...
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Search tweets by location and show them in a map
How can one search for tweets around some location, so that tweets are marked in a map?
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Twitter account still logged in on friend's phone
I just changed my password, but one time I used my friend's mobile phone to access my account using the add account feature. Sometimes she uses my account to write or read something, and she still ...
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Why my tweet is not appearing on the timeline of the person I am following?
I have tried tweeting someone I follow couple of times. My tweets appear on my profile but when I look at the other person's timeline, my tweet is not there. I am following him but he is not ...
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Twitter “List” not showing all most recent tweets
I recently created my first list on Twitter to better keep track of my interests (web design, development, UX, etc.) but when I go to view this list, of all people I follow, the most recent Tweets are ...
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How can I automatically (native) re-tweet everything another Twitter account tweets?
I don’t want to post tweets like “RT @-other-account-: original-tweet”; I want to use the Twitter native retweet function. (The differences include that people can block the retweeted account; that ...
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How to view how many people RT your particular tweet
Is there any way for me to:
Know how many people retweet any one of my tweets.
Know who has retweeted any one of my tweets by using twitter API.
I'm making sort of a contest where people need to ...
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How to see someone's picture in Twitter?
I am fairly new to Twitter and I am having no clue on how to see anybody's picture in Twitter.When I am seeing somebody's profile, I can see some of their pictures in my left side pane.But not all. ...
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See other Twitter users’ timelines
Is the "See Other Users’ Timelines" feature still available in the "new Twitter"?
In the Mashable write up, "Twitter Lets You See Other Users' Timelines", they show this Twitter feature where you can ...
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1answer
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See replies to tweets from people I'm following
When someone who I am following replies to someone's tweet who I'm not following, the tweet that the person who I'm following doesn't show up in my news feed, I can only see it if I go look at that ...
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How to hide a spammy mention on Twitter?
On the Twitter > @Mentions tab, is it possible to hide a spammy mention there?
I got some unnecessary mentions from unknown Twitter users (I'm suspicious it's not even a person), its tweet is ...
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Why doesn't Twitter's URL shortening always work?
Recently when posting links I've found Twitter has no longer offered to automatically shorten URLs; they used to be shortened to a max of 20 characters just when I pasted them into the tweet box. Now ...
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Where can I see twitter replies to me?
Where can I see twitter replies to me? Clicking on my user name does nothing. I've scoured the twitter page and can find no replies button or even a Help button. I have been trying for some months to ...
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Count of Twitter hashtags in a 24-hour period?
How do I get a count of the number of times a Twitter hashtag is used or mentioned in a 24-hour period?
An example use is the Livestrong/BreakCancer world record attempt. I'd like to tally the number ...
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1answer
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How do I search through tweets of people I'm following?
Facebook has a feature that allows you to search through status messages that your friends have posted, but Twitter doesn’t currently have that feature. Are there alternative web applications that ...
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What are good Twitter keyword tracking tools?
I would like to track several keywords on twitter and publish them as blog posts on Wordpress.
There will be multiple keywords. Some keywords will be collected into one blog post. Some others will ...
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1answer
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Is there a difference between clicking “reply” and writing a new tweet with @somesone?
On Twitter web, when I click the reply button for a tweet, there's @someone inserted in front of the message automatically.
Is there any difference compared to writing a new Tweet and entering ...
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How to search for a question mark in Twitter
I have been searching for an hour trying to figure out how to use the question mark in a search, basically I'm looking for the string ?tag (as in the Amazon Affiliates Tag Link) I'm basically trying ...
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Is there a way to export data from a Twitter search to an Excel spreadsheet?
Say you have a saved search on Twitter. Is there a client that will allow me to export the data contained in that search into an Excel spreadsheet?
I am wondering if this will somehow involve the ...
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How can I turn off Retweets from persons I am following?
I like (most of) the people I follow. But some of them just Retweet a bunch of noise. Is there an option in Twitter to turn off these Retweets ? I already can I see the top Retweets in the sidebar so ...
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Why is Twitter not shortening my URL; which share functionality should I use?
I am currently using the share functionality of Twitter, but for some reason it's not shortening my URL. Why? And how can I fix this?
For example, if you click the link below you will see that my URL ...
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What websites can I use to sort my unlisted followers, into a new twitter list?
Does it exist online already, or do I have to make it myself?
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How can I enable retweet email notifications for all retweets and not just from the users I'm following?
For a few months now, Twitter has had an option to be able to receive email notifications whenever you're retweeted. However, this only seems to work if you're following the user who has retweeted ...
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How to find a PDF document linked to Twitter account with search term “cat”?
I recommended a document to a guy with a word "cat" but I cannot now find it. It is in my twitter timeline. How can I find it?
I have used SnapBird.org but it cannot find this document.
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How to change twitter profile text color?
How can one change the text color for one's profile such as in the popup in twitter? The text being displayed includes a few items like name and web site link.
