When you sign up for Twitter, you can choose to keep your Tweets public or protect your Tweets.
How to protect your Tweets:
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Protecting and unprotecting your Tweets
Blocking users on Twitter
Block is a function that helps you control how you interact with other users on Twitter. When you block another account on Twitter, that account will not be able to follow you or view your Tweets when logged in. Blocked users do not receive any notifications alerting them that their account has been blocked. However, …
Unfollowing people on Twitter
Why would I want to unfollow someone?
- Typically, users unfollow other users when they no longer wish to see that person’s Tweets in their home timeline. You can still view them on an as-needed basis by visiting their profile, unless their Tweets are protected.
- If you are unfollowing a user because their updates seem …
Learn how to control your Twitter experience
Twitter is a place to share ideas and information and to connect with your communities. In order to protect the very best parts of that experience, we provide tools designed to help you control what you see and what others can see about you.
Controls over what you see
Unfollow
Unfollowing is the simplest action …
Customizing your experience – Twitter
Learn how to control your Twitter experience Unfollowing people on Twitter Blocking users on Twitter Protecting and unprotecting your Tweets Approving or denying follower requests – Twitter About public and protected Tweets Advanced options for using block – Twitter Muting users on Twitter
Finding people on Twitter
How to find people by name:
Highlights: the most interesting stuff from Twitter
Highlights is a collection of Tweets that gives you an instant summary of the best Tweets from your timeline and alerts you twice a day via push notifications. We select your Highlights based on a combination of factors that include:
- Conversations that are popular among people you follow
- Tweets from users in your network
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Tweet translation
With Tweet translation you can choose when you want to see a translation for a Tweet so you won’t miss any of the action unfolding on Twitter.
To view a Tweet translation:
Receiving recommendations from Twitter
@MagicRecs is a Twitter account that sends personalized recommendations as Direct Messages when something interesting happens in your network. For example, if a Tweet is favorited or Retweeted by a number of accounts you follow, @MagicRecs will send you a Direct Message with a link to the Tweet.
To start receiving recommendations, all you have …
Find friends by uploading your contacts – Twitter
When you upload your contacts to your account, we can help you find people you may know on Twitter. Then you’ll be able to find and follow contacts who have allowed other people to find them by their email address or phone number.
To upload contacts and see which of them are on Twitter:
