Researcher Profiles: Social Media: Twitter

For researchers, Twitter has a number of uses:

• As a promotional vehicle:  try posting about publication releases, conference presentations, media appearances
• As a people-finding tool:  use it to find researchers who share your interests
• As a communication medium:  exchange points-of-view, hold discussions, and seek advice from like-minded people
• Apply Twitter hashtags to your posts to make it easier to find others who share your interests
• Employ the Twitter “retweet” function.  It enables information to be communicated at rapid-speed. Combined with the massive size of the Twitter audience, the potential for raising your visibility is greatly enhanced

Source:  https://academicpositions.com/career-advice/why-academics-should-use-twitter    

Read these insights - shared by a group of research scientists - who are also Twitter devotees.  
 

    Ten simple rules for getting started on Twitter ...

Source:  Cheplygina, G; Hermans, F; Albers, C;  Bielczik, N; & Smeets, Ionica   2020,
"Ten simple rules for getting started on Twitter as a scientist",  
Published February 2020   
 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007513    

Curtis, Paula  2021 " A Guide to Best Twitter Practices for Academics (and Everyone Else)"

This useful article focuses on respectful and responsible information-sharing on social media, with a particular emphasis on Twitter.    

The article will provide you with:

• Guidelines for Twitter engagement
• Best practice suggestions for Twitter-using academics

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Video instruction for Twitter beginners
(16:30 mins)

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Curious about the qualities that make a good academic online profile? 
Use these video tips to learn how to draw followers towards your Twitter-based information.

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Use this guide to help you to unravel the basic features of Twitter, including:

-  Setting up a Twitter account -
- Tips for gaining a following - 
- Twitter terminology - 
- Ideas for tweetable content - 
- Twitter privacy features -

https://www.virginmedia.com/blog/social-media/how-to-use-twitter

Twitter employs a language of its own.

Use the "Guide to Twitter Lingo"  to define and clarify terms such as "Hat Tip" "Subtweeting" "Mentioning@",  and for clarifying other Twitterisms.