How to Use Twitter, Part 2: How to Tweet

This post is the second in my Twitter series that will go through April. If you haven’t read last week’s post, How to Use Twitter, Part 1: Get Started, go catch up now, then come back and read about how to tweet.

Twitter was established as a microblogging platform, which means users post small, short pieces of content. In its infancy, Twitter was limited to 140 characters, so long and complicated content wasn’t possible. This limitation frustrated some users, but most learned to condense their thoughts to fit into the format. In 2017, Twitter increased the character limit to 280.

Now that your profile is complete and you’ve found a few accounts to follow, it’s time to start some conversation.

The Twitter Like

A like is the simplest form of conversation on Twitter. To like a tweet, you click the heart icon under the tweet. The tweet’s author will be notified that you liked the tweet. Liking, just as on Facebook, can be a way to acknowledge and agree with an idea quickly and without comment.

Here’s a tweet from a Little Rock, Arkansas television station about actor Tyler Perry, who paid for…