Why Twitter? Find out what Twitter is and why you should care.
1. Go to http://twitter.com/ and click on Sign up now
2. Enter your name and choose a username. A good username:
- Isn’t too long (under 15 characters if possible)
- Has no spaces, but can use hyphens and underscores
- Gives readers an idea of who you are. It can be:
- Your name, or a short version (@ElizabethPW)
- Your business name (@zappos)
- A description of what you do (@snappysentences)
- Evocative (@iheartmuseums)
3. Put in the password and email address, and fill out the anti-spam Captcha, and click Create my account.
What do you do with it now? Ah, that’s tomorrow’s 5-minute mission, should you choose to accept it!
What username did you choose? Tell us in the comments!