New College New Media - Twitter basics and academic applications
Twitter cheat sheet
1. TWITTER COMMANDS #socialmedia - will find tweets containing the hashtag linkedin filter:links - will find tweets containing the
“#socialmedia“ word “linkedin“, and linking to URLs
@username + message - directs a twitter at another tennis source:tweetdeck - will find tweets containing
person, and causes your twitter to save in their People Search the word “tennis“, and entered via Tweetdeck
"replies" tab Eg: @socialguide I love that song too! beer ? - will find questions with the word “beer“
D username + message - sends a person a private from:matthewtommasi - will find tweets from the
message that goes to their device, and saves in their person “matthewtommasi“ TWITTER TERMS
web archive Eg: d krissy are you working tomorrow? to:scobleizer - will find tweets to the person
FAV username - marks a person's last twitter as a “scobleizer“ DM – direct message
favorite and causes the message to show up in your to:guykawasaki OR to:mashable - will find tweets to RT / ReTweet – repeating a tweet from someone else
the person “guykawasaki“, OR to the person Tweeps / Tweeple – people on Twitter
"Favorites" tab
“mashable“ Tweet(ing) – the act of posting to Twitter
SET LOCATION placename - updates the location field @socialguide - will find tweets referencing the person Tweetup - an in-person meet up of Twitter members
in your profile Eg: set location san Francisco “@socialguide“ Twitterverse - the cyberspace area of Twitter
WHOIS username - retrieves the profile information for
any public user on Twitter Eg: whois jack Places Search TWITTER RESOURCES
GET username - retrieves the latest Twitter update
posted by the person Eg: get goldman “windows 7″ near:sydney - will find tweets containing How To Use Twitter (Video)
NUDGE username - reminds a friend to update by the exact phrase “windows 7“, that are sent near Twitter
asking what they're doing on your behalf Eg: nudge biz “sydney“ Twitter 101 for Business
FAV username - marks a person's last twitter as a facebook near:london within:10mi - will find tweets
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favorite. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it containing “facebook“, that are sent within “10 miles”
of “london“ Twitter Applications
as a favorite if you're receiving it in real time) Eg: fav Twitter Blog
al3x Twitter Community Support
Date Search
STATS - this command returns your number of Twitter Contact
followers, how many people you're following, and your Twitter Fan Wiki
“google wave” since:2009-10-23 - will find tweets
bio information Twitter FAQs
containing the exact phrase “google wave“, that have
INVITE phone number - will send an SMS invite to a been sent since the date “2009-10-23” (year-month-day) Twitter Help Resources
friend's mobile phone Eg: Invite 415 555 1212 “windows vista” until:2009-11-02 - will find tweets Twitter Status
containing the exact phrase “windows vista“, that have Twitter Support
TWITTER SEARCH been sent up until the date “2009-10-19” (year-month- Twitter Terms of Service
day)
Twitter Widgets
Word Search
Attitude Search TWITTER DIRECTORIES
social media - will find tweets containing both “social”
and “media“ movie :) - will find tweets containing the word “movie”, Listorious – Lists Directory
“social media” - will find tweets containing the exact with a positive attitude Twellow – Twitter Yellow Pages
phrase “social media“ food :( - will find tweets containing the word “food“, WeFollow – Twitter Users
social OR media - will find tweets containing “social” with a negative attitude
OR “media” (or both)
social -media - will find tweets containing “social” but Other Search
NOT “media“
http://thesocialmediaguide.com.au/