Twitter

Famous People usual use their real names. If there is a little blue tick next to the name they have been verified by Twitter.
Jane oh dear, there are some dark corners on there ?.
Some famous people have very boring accounts that are run for them, unlike Marion Keyes who does her own and is hilarious.

blimey follow a cat and reply to his texts !!! ??? the mind boggles
Ok so here’s a question ? A couple of you have given names but apart from that how do you ‘find’ someone just imagined a name and see what comes up ?

Yikes RedRidingHood I just followed you on Twitter but pretty soon realised I'd got your Twitter name slightly wrong. It looked like you were a very different sort of Gran!! I've found you now though. Phew.

RedRidingHood I like garden, and cat stuff.

I already follow @moonlightandroses! Not boring at all.

Blue you can search for anything or just watch what is trending. I follow some news people. The main thing is you can't stop people tweeting you until you see they are and then block them. It is a lot less personal that Fb.

BlueBelle you don't have to make comments, many people just read threads. If you want you can reply to anyone. So if you decided to follow, say, Larry the cat, you would see all his tweets and could reply if you wanted. The more people you follow the more interesting it is though you can get too many.

Just followed you gonegirl. I'm a bit boring , some garden photos and cat stuff and the occasional rare inspiration.

If anyone wants to follow me I am Moonlightandroses. I'm a bit boring though.

Yes, I follow Larry. Like the pictures of him but I don't like the person wjho runs his account for him. Too political. I follow Palmerston too - the cat at the Treasury. Him and Larry have awful fights!

Oh yes I don’t have a clue about all this hashtag stuff either

But nonnie I still don’t get it if I post on twitter who sees it? You say ‘anybody’ ( same as fb if you make it public) but how would anyone know I was even on Twitter apart from anyone I told Where would I post my first comment ?
I understand Facebook I make a post and I choose who sees it family, family plus friends, or wide public or I can choose to block anyone I don’t want to see it that doesn’t sound different at all
I am signed up , years ago but I don’t understand where to post I don’t have any ‘celebrities’ or others I want to follow so how do you get started ?
Nfkdumpling you sound at the same stage as me

Terry Barlow is just lovely. I love hearing of his exploits! I follow Larry the cat too and Marion Keyes. We must be on the same wavelength.

I like a cat account as well. Larry the No10 cat (though not seen him lately) and Terry Barlow is very funny.
Not a fan of Facebook.

BlueBelle there are significant differences between Twitter and FB, you cannot choose who follows you but you can block them. Anyone can see what you tweet. I use both but you have to be prepared that you might not like some of the things said, so if you can't laugh at what complete strangers say don't do it.

Of course you could sign up, have a go and then leave if you don't like it.

My DH is addicted to Twitter. I have never looked at it. He gets notifications in the middle of the night that some insomniac or other is following him (he never hears them). If he doesn’t remember to switch them off, they will be following him to a hole on the patio where I shall be replacing the slabs over his remains!

I think we might be following the same people Redridinghood. I follow a farmer who is "up North"!

I'm another Twitter fan. I've found all sorts of interesting people on it. I like Helen Warlows pictures too but also follow various authors, police dogs, otters and all sorts of funny and interesting people. There's always something interesting or entertaining to read.

Gonegirl
I'm in awe of her knowledge though and so many pictures!
I also follow Marian Keyes who is very entertaining. And a farmer who posts scenic pictures of rural idyll and lambs.

I’m like Bluebelle. I’ve got it but haven’t a clue what to do with it!

I think I may have posted on something I came across, but where it went and who could see it I’ve no idea. I’ve clicked on re-tweet, but goodness knows what that did!

I follow Helen Warlow too! (does she do anything but sit at her 'puter and find pictures all day? )

I love Twitter too. I find I get most of my news from Twitter! I've now got about 80 followers! Well, 78 if you don't count the washing machine manufacturer and the next day delivery service. Lovely, interesting people.

My 20 year old dd twins have followers. I mean I love them to bits but really?

However I am on but never tweeted! but maybe later

So really it’s no different to FB you can join all sorts of local groups for info and follow others group pages etc etc I run two groups on fb so I guess that’s about the same One has 60 odd followers one about 500