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"What is Twitter?" is the most popular question I get about Twitter, and "Why Twitter?" is definitely the most popular follow-up question. There are many great uses for Twitter, but even once you understand that Twitter has grown beyond a micro-blogging service to become a social messaging platform, it can still leave you wondering why you might want to use it.

If you've signed up to Twitter and are wondering how to get started or why you're here, this page is for you. This guide is designed to help you dive into Twitter's wealth of information and find what matters most to you.

"This is the first in a series of videos explaining the shifts we're seeing in the world of content creation. Curation has exploded with the growth of Twitter, Tumblr and now Pinterest. In this video, we wanted to try to get into the heads of some of our favorite curators to understand what makes them tick. Featured curators include: Maria Popova (twitter.com/brainpicker) Joanne McNeil (twitter.com/rhizomedotorg) Peter Hopkins (twitter.com/bigthink) Edith Zimmerman (thehairpin.com/) Anthony De Rosa (soupsoup.tumblr.com) Rex Sorgatz (twitter.com/fimoculous) Piers Fawkes (psfk.com) Tina Roth Eisenberg (swiss-miss.com)"

 flush the unfollowers  ?  Many users on Twitter feel that if a user does not follow them back, it's somehow insulting. This utility is designed to 'teach those users a lesson by unfollowing them' with just a few clicks. Tweepi's Geeky Flush is a simple utility for quickly spotting tweeps that you follow but do not follow you back. reciprocate  ?  It takes a really long time to find all the users you're not following on Twitter and then following each one back individually! This tool helps you find all the users that follow you, but you do not follow back, so that you can follow them back with a click of a button. cleanup the inactives  ?  So, you're following more than a hundred people on Twitter. You must have noticed that many of these users do not engage in conversations, never retweet anybody, or simply just ramble about nonsense stuff all day long (no links to useful content whatsoever!). You can use Tweepi’s geeky cleanup tool to filter these people out and unfollow them. Geeky Clean-up enables you to filter out those inactive and unwanted tweeps by letting you check out their details and decide for yourself! force to unfollow you NEW  ?  Undesirable people are following you? Nasty avatars appearing on your 'Followers' list? You can use Tweepi's Force Unfollow tool to filter these people out and force them to unfollow you. follow new tweeps 

"Monitter is a real time twitter search tool that enables you to monitor a set of keywords on twitter. It also allows you to narrow the search to a particular geographic location, allowing you to find out what's going onin a particular part of the world. To begin: just type a search term into the box above and click the "add column" button - or, if you prefer, click on the "Trending" link to load three columns with current twitter trends in them."

We are looking for people that want to lead a #KMers Twitter Chat. You'll help the community and yourself in setting the stage for learning. Moderating a Twitter Chat could also be great exposure for you. Not only will the link get marketed leading up to the event, but you will get in touch with a whole lot of very interesting knowledge professionals!

Twitter Support and Help

60+ Twitter Tools

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One of the effects of Google+'s controlled roll out, primarily to tech geeks and Social Media nerds, was an avalanche of "Google+ will be a (fill in the blank) killer" posts.  Twitter - dead! Facebook - dead! Twitter and Facebook - dead! I've tried to hold off on such pronouncements because, A) that's the easy way out, and B) nobody knows what effects exactly Google+ is going to have on the online media habits of millions of people. Let's not forget, while 10 million users in just a couple of weeks is impressive, it's still a relatively small sample size.

Twitter Lists

Twitter tips - RSS 

his is a handy time saver which scans the tweets of the Twitter accounts you follow and delivers the most popular links to you in either a handy newsletter or a real-time web page. When used in conjunction with our @CILIPinfo Twitter account which follows around 2,500 library, information and knowledge workers and organisations it is a great real-time search tool.

Twitter search tips

Formulists creates smart Twitter lists that self-populate and auto-update daily in response to your actions on Twitter

Twitter meetups, or Tweetups as they're commonly called, are pretty much ubiquitous these days. You can't escape them. The @ nametags. The random awkward conversations that result when you have more than 140 characters to express yourself. Tweetups take an otherwise great service like Twitter and turn it into something much bigger.

I believe this is the best, most complete and accurate list of valuable Twitter applications available on the internet right now.

Some examples of how Twitter is being used by public authorities.

Yes, there are a ton of great Twitter Tools out there for you, but which ones should you pick? I thought one of the best ways to narrow your choice down is to get in touch with the real Social Media experts.

Useful Twitter filtering tool