#Hashtags:

Something that’s preceded with a hash tag (#) shows that it’s a trend and it’s primarily included to make the topic available to appear in search trends. You may not include # in your private conversations and in your replies, also too much of # usage may appear SPAM to your followers. So make sure you not overuse the # tags.

Somewhere I found this image, that tweet included all the latest trends at that moment but without even a single # tag. I guess it would have easily resulted in any of these trend searches.

@ Replies: you can reply to your messages from your followers using @ followed by their user id. The @ indicates that it’s a reply to that user alone and not for the group.

Retweeting:

Retweeting is how Twitter users share interesting tweets from the people they are following. They copy and paste the original tweet and send it out. To give credit to the original person, users usually put “RT” plus the originator’s username at the beginning of the tweet. Here’s an example:

- The Twitter user @benparr tweets: I just heard that Apple is releasing new iPods in July!

- You retweet by posting RT @benparr I just heard that Apple is releasing new iPods in July!

If other people retweet your tweets, make it a habit to thank them. It’s common courtesy.

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