@JAMAPeds Guide to Twitter

Our first guide on how to use Twitter! Join us and follow us!

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1. Twitter: @JAMAPeds Joyce Lee, MD, MPH, Social Media/Web Editor JAMA Pediatrics Introduction to Twitter
2. What is Twitter?
3. It’s a microblogging platform, a place to have a conversation
4. How do you use Twitter?
5. Sign up at https://twitter.com/signup
6. Stop & think about your profile:
7. You have to pick a username which starts with an @ sign @_________
8. Add your name
9. Add your picture
10. Describe who you are and what you care about
11. To tweet, hit this button
12. Tweet You only have 140 characters to say something & only 120 characters if you are including a link or a picture
13. Tweet to share what you think is interesting
14. You can include a link to provide more comprehensive information
16. Use a link shortener to save space
17. Use #hashtags #Hashtags are used by the community to label groups and topics
18. Check out what a #tweetiatrician is and also check out #meded through the search bar on Twitter For more hashtags go to the Healthcare Hashtag Project http://www.symplur.com/healthcare- hashtags/
19. Follow individuals on Twitter; and they can also follow you.
20. Use mentions to reach out to specific individuals
21. Hit this to retweet Retweets are like citations (well sort of) Retweet someone else’s tweet
22. “RT”- We retweeted the @JAMAInternalMed tweet You can also chang RT to MT or use H/T “MT” – Retweet & modify someone’s tweet “H/T” – “Hat tip” to recognize the source for information you tweet
23. Find us and follow us on Twitter!
24. Questions? Tweet to @JAMAPeds or Email us at jamapeds@jamanetwork.org