occupii.org is a Social Media Network for the global Occupy community.

As such, we promote access across many platforms, including Twitter!

  @OccupiiOrg

  #occupii

So, What is Twitter? & How Do I Use It?

• Twitter is an information network made up of 140-character messages called Tweets.
• It's a new and easy way to discover the latest news (“what’s happening”) related to subjects you care about.
• Twitter contains information you may find valuable. Messages from users you choose to follow will show up on your home page for you to read.

It’s like being delivered a newspaper whose headlines you’ll always find interesting – you can discover news as it’s happening, learn more about topics that are important to you, and get the inside scoop in real time. {Source: Twitter}

Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorise messages.

Hashtags: Helping you find interesting Tweets

• People use the hashtag symbol # before relevant keywords in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets to show more easily in Twitter Search
• Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category
• Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet
• Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics

Using hashtags

• If you Tweet with a hashtag on a public account, anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your Tweet
• Don't #spam #with #hashtags. Don't over-tag a single Tweet.
• Use hashtags only on Tweets relevant to the topic

What is a mention? ("@" Symbols)

A mention is any Twitter update that contains an @username anywhere in the body of the Tweet. (Yes, this means that @replies are also considered mentions.)

We noticed people frequently searching for their username to find the Tweets that mention their username anywhere in the message. We collect these messages, as well as all your @replies, in the Mentions tab on the Connect page. If you include more than one person's name in your update and you use the @username format, all of those people will see the update in their personal Mentions tab.

To post a mention on Twitter:

• Type your Tweet as you normally would, but replace any names you include with that person's  @username. Our system will recognize and highlight the username that way, as shown below for this mention of @Twitter.