Free microblogging webapp that lets users share "tweets" of up to 140 characters in length.
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How is it possible to have bio longer than 160 chars in Twitter [closed]
Take a look at @syldatk20 on Twitter (The profile has since been suspended so visiting the page will return a 404 error).
This guy's Bio is really, really long. He bypassed Twitter's character limit, ...
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Can't post to Twitter from Facebook
I have recently connected my business page @libertykalinah on FB to post automatically to Twitter @Libertykalinah but nothing seems to be posting through.
I can see people had this issue back in ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Twitter etiquette for hashtag stream
When I participate in a hashtag stream on Twitter, is it best to start the tweets with the hashtag or end them with it?
Usually, if just making a regular tweet, I'll occasionally include a hashtag ...
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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.
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Why do some people start their tweets with a dot?
Nowadays in my Twitter feed I have started seeing Tweets with a preceding . (dot) in them. I don't know why they do so. Here is such an example.
Why are they wasting their one character for .? ...
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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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When changing a Twitter handle, does Twitter auto-redirect new tweets?
We've recently changed our company name (more a variation of official name, but has the same effect). We want to change out Twitter handle to reflect this, the new handle is available and we can ...
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Is it still possible to get the Twitter cover on the top?
My profile has changed it's lay-out. There used to be option to have a big wide cover at the top like on the picture below, but now I have "Tweets, Following, Follows, Favorites, Lists" on the ...
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Twitter: how do I know which contact I follow tweets the most?
I am following 100+ contacts and I would like to know which one of them tweets most frequently (as in "Trends" on Google Reader).
Is there a way to discover this?
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Can my protected tweet be seen by the recipient who doesn't follow me?
So the description for protected tweets are:
Only confirmed followers have access to @foo's Tweets and complete profile. Click the "Follow" button to send a follow request.
But what if I tweet ...
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How do I access a list of IP addresses that have been used to access my Twitter account?
My girlfriend discovered that her Twitter password had been changed.
We have changed the password, but is there a way to list the IP addresses that have been used to access the account?
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How to get a reply to a Trademark Issue from Twitter Support?
I'd like to have a certain unused Twitter username. The name is one of the trade names of my company. I reported a Trademark Issue via Twitter's form three weeks ago, but nothing has happened since.
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Is Twitter sneaking through my Gmail contacts?
For some reason I keep getting emails from Twitter:
twitter_username, we found some people you may know on Twitter
All the suggested people are coming my Gmail contacts. The email registered in ...
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Twitter statistics that shows the client I use the most?
I have used TweetStats excellent statistics since the site launched. However, I find it less and less reliable and it can simply not work for weeks at a time.
I have found replacement apps and ...
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If I follow someone on Twitter, but they don't follow me, can they see my tweets?
I follow some people on Twitter, that don't follow me.
Can THEY see my tweets, even if they don't follow me?
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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 automatically send the content to an email address while publishing a new Tweet?
How to automatically send the content to an email address while publishing a new Tweet? I.e. i want to publish a new Tweet just as normally, but at the (near) same time, i'd like the Tweet content to ...
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Why are strings on Twitter starting with $ marked as tags?
As you can see on https://twitter.com/powtac/status/277190821479063552, strings with four letters starting with an $ are marked as a Tag on twitter. But what kind of tags are those $TAGS?
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Does someone who is blocked still get notified if I favorite their tweet?
I blocked someone on Twitter but I viewed their profile and accidentally "favorited" one of their tweets but then immediately "unfavorited" it. Do they still get notified that I "favorited" them or ...
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how to get Tweetbox without using deprecated @Anywhere
I want to include a Twitter Tweetbox on my site so users can post a Tweet from my site. I want to see a textarea with a 'Tweet' button, and the textarea should be prepopulated with some suggested ...
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Echofon is now dead for desktop. Is there a similar, minimalistic Twitter client? [closed]
I was a big fan of Echofon, which opened media in a pop-up and fit snugly against the side of my screen. But as of Oct 31, the client can no longer be downloaded for desktop Macs and PCs (I have a ...
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Lost email for Twitter
I have to reset the password for my Twitter, however I can't remember what email I used for it, I have the login details but the new password has been sent to the email I used to sign up. Any help?
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Is there any way to follow hashtag?
I want to follow twitter hashtag. I know that twitter doesn't allow to do it. I tried to find special services without any success. Do you know how can I follow twitter hashtag?
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how can i connect to twitter api via proxy? [closed]
i am starter and i need to connect twitter api via proxy. and twitt : Hello World?
my web site is dot net. C# . and i want to twit events of my site to twitter via twitter api.
please give me an ...
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What are these funny characters on Twitter?
Recently I've noticed many strange characters appearing on Twitter.
Based on one persons joke tweet I read I think they may be Emoji or something similar.
How can I get these displaying properly in ...
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Many services can syndicate blog posts to Facebook, Twitter, etc. Can any attach locations or people?
There are many services that syndicate blogs to social networks, ie automatically post links to new blog posts. TwitterFeed, dlvr.it, OnlyWire, and IFTTT are some of the best known.
I haven't found ...
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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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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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How can I search within someone's Twitter followers?
I'm trying to find all users that describe themselves as a "professor" within their Twitter profiles, but only if they follow certain accounts.
I've looked at Tweet Reports but I believe this tool ...
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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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Has the user timeline XML address changed on Twitter?
Twitter used to have a page for displaying the tweets of a user in this address:
https://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/USERNAME.xml
Has it changed to another address? Or there simply isn't a ...
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Does the Twitter shortener (t.co) give the same code for the same link?
Or in another words: if I have two different links generated when shortening a Twitter message, does it surely mean that they point to two unique addresses?
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Twitter displays private message oddly in conversation box when there is a double quote in it
When I send a private message to a friend in twitter, the double quotes causes the message to display oddly:
I send:
foo"bar http://google.com
My friend receives (the message on Wheel icon > ...
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What is the best way to have Twitter integrated as a Jabber contact? [closed]
These days, Jabber bridges for Twitter are working strangely.
I used to use tweet.im, but it tend to be offline most of the day, preventing me from sharing my awesome life with the world.
So is ...
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Get twitter accounts by location [closed]
I want to make an app where I can show all the members based on their location. I dont want to use one that is already made but I want to make my own. I have searched online but havent found a way to ...
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Twitter data set collection for analysis [closed]
I am working on to gather a dataset for Twitter . Basically i want to store all tweets from current date back to twitter limit ( i guess 14 days).
I would be using this data for analysis.
Found ...
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How do I get my Twitter followers not to appear on my timeline?
I have just joined Twitter and when I follow people, I get all their tweets in my timeline. I have been to other people's pages and I can see only what they have tweeted in their timeline but they are ...
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Non-chatty twitter desired: Is there an alternative? [closed]
Twitter is characterized by
Messages are short and text-only
Feeds can be compiled by following others
This could make it a message service to my liking - which would be a message service that ...
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How can I detect the “spaminess” of a Twitter follower?
Are there any applications that can help determine the "spaminess" of a Twitter follower?
For example, looking at whether the user unfollows people who don't follow back, whether most of their Tweets ...
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When using Chrome, why does Twitter's home page redirect me to a search for “searchTerms”?
This has been going on for some time. Whenever I type twitter.com into Chrome's omnibar, I am redirected to https://twitter.com/search/%7BsearchTerms%7D?source=desktop-search. Given the tweets showing ...
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Selective Tweets Broken after twitter handle change
Like most of you I've enjoyed the benefits of selective tweets for quite some time now. Recently, I changed my twitter handle to reflect a more professional me. That is, I didn't want to lose my ...
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Are there software (Web App or otherwise) that will allow me to view all my Twitter posts and and select which ones I would like to delete?
With Twitter's web UI, it is very hard to see all my Twitter posts/tweets, especially the oldest ones. I have to manually scroll down until the bottom and wait for Twitter to load the next set of ...
