Twitter Fan Wiki

 

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Page history last edited by Chris Messina 26 mins ago

Keep in mind that this wiki is not officially affiliated with Twitter in any way. It's a labor of love from way back when Twitter was a wee five-letter, vowel-less startup! Please don't edit any wiki's to spam links or promote  your app, we try to keep it as informative and unbiased as possible! For help or questions with your Twitter account, please visit the Twitter Help site.

— Chris, Wiki Founder & Admin 

Getting Around

As the wiki has grown, we've branched off the content into specific pages.

The sidebar's pretty handy, but here's where some good content is at:

What is the Twitter?

Gaping Void's Twitter cartoon

Twitter is a way of life. It's living with a publicity policy. It's friends, Romans and country people the world over engaged in timely snippet conversations that fit into 140 character chunks.

Go sign up and see what this is all about.

 

Official Twitterness:  

Twitter began as a product of Obvious, LLC and was subsequently spun off as a separate company called Twitter, Inc. in April 2007, with Jack Dorsey as CEO.

 

Important stuff

  • Twitter Etiquette - Evolving attitudes and concepts from Twitter users on how to behave on Twitter
  • Using #hashtags - How to use the #hashtag on twitter for #followfriday, #quote, #musicmonday, etc...
  • Learn how to use twitter's basic functions on the Twitter Guide page
  • IRC chat room is on irc.wyldryde.org in #twitter (for when Twitter is down, or for "classic" conversations)

Note

Please note that I reserve the right to remove any spam or inappropriate materials. I like to keep this place clean and helpful. I'd appreciate it if you would too!   Thanks.

Comments (57)

Kenneth Udut said

at 9:52 am on Jan 22, 2007

Totally in love with this Twitter Fan Wiki! I've been trying to spread word of it far and wide! I think the possibilities for Twitter integration have barely just begun. The Twitter API makes it easy to do what needs to be done. signed, the Twitter Submitter guy - simplify3 (http://simplify3.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/hello-world/trackback/)

Rick Measham said

at 6:37 pm on Mar 21, 2007

Dunno who the Wiki's admin is .. but if you're reading this:
There's a style.css I've uploaded that I post for consideration as wiki.css. Only admins are allowed to upload the wiki.css. If you're not happy with it, then at least please use the bit that turns the headings all to a sans typeface ..

(BTW: There seems to be no way for regular users to delete files .. can an admin?)

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Chris Messina said

at 7:59 pm on Mar 24, 2007

Hey Thanks Rick! This is awesome!

Lorin said

at 4:31 pm on Apr 23, 2007

Are there any plugins for PBWIKI to pull twitter information on people?

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mincedmedia said

at 11:08 am on Apr 27, 2007

can the Wiki admin add the 30 Boxes Calendar Plug in so we have a place to post Twitter-related events and activities?

http://30boxes.com/blog/index.php/2007/02/23/group-calendar-30boxes-pbwiki/

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mincedmedia said

at 12:02 pm on Apr 27, 2007

Never mind!

alexsousa said

at 1:01 pm on Aug 29, 2007

Step by step I will come again

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Daniel said

at 7:16 pm on Sep 6, 2007

I love this Twitter Fan Wiki! I had the opportunity to interview Biz Stone!

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kg4jbj@... said

at 8:22 am on Oct 6, 2007

I created a separate transportation page, but can you remove it, since I found a place for the link under non-person twitters? Thanks.

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Chris Messina said

at 4:24 pm on Oct 15, 2007

Dave, I moved your content to here to keep the homepage clean: http://twitter.pbwiki.com/FanSubmissions

Andy Mabbett said

at 9:41 am on Jan 8, 2008

I'm not happy that my e-mail address is posted, as a link, to the "recent changes" (and this) page, with no prior warning; and that no prior verification takes place.

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Chris Messina said

at 12:33 pm on Jan 10, 2008

Your email is only posted once you've created your account and is only visible to logged in users, AFAIK.

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Casey Greene said

at 3:03 pm on Feb 13, 2008

Andy Mabbett: Your email address will only be visible to people who are logged into the wiki. If you have a PBwiki Account, you can choose to have it not visible to anyone, even registered users. For example, your name showed up to me as non-clickable when I was not logged into this wiki, but once I logged in, using the publicly available invite key, I could see your email address.

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jllynch@... said

at 12:21 am on May 12, 2008

Hello does anyone know what I am doing on this website?

Todd said

at 4:40 am on Jun 25, 2008

If the password (invite key) is going to be kept on the front page, it should probably be locked from editing. Someone changed it, probably to make it harder for someone to remove the spam that is all over the wiki.

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Chris Messina said

at 2:37 pm on Jun 26, 2008

Hmm. Okay, thanks for the report Todd.

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Dragavan said

at 8:43 pm on Oct 13, 2008

This change actually removes the ability to edit this wiki like a WIKI... what's the point of that? Now it's actually harder to edit and maintain the pages I work on... One save and the whole formatting of the page I tried to add a single link to went totally wonky. Makes no sense. A Wiki should really edit like a Wiki, not some WYSIWYG text editor...

Visually, it looks better though.

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Chris Messina said

at 2:45 pm on Nov 10, 2008

You can still edit the source -- and the editor does a pretty good job of respecting your markup. Which page went wonky?

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Flerida Parker said

at 3:12 am on Nov 24, 2008

HOw can I best utilize this forum?

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Chris Messina said

at 9:53 am on Nov 24, 2008

This isn't really a forum -- it's a collection of resources. What are you looking to do?

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Shade Law Founder said

at 12:08 pm on Dec 23, 2008

This is really Cool :)

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Nina Yiamsamatha said

at 11:53 pm on Jan 9, 2009

Love the comprehensiveness of this site and the fact that anyone can contribute to it. I just added something myself to the "Blog Posts" and "Glossary" section - my own pbwiki page in which I apply well-known theory to Twitter - i.e. "Tweory." http://tweory.pbwiki.com

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FilipeAlvesFerreira said

at 6:46 pm on Jan 16, 2009

This is fantastic for the money datevaluation as well.
Thank you. Regards/FilipeAlvesFerreira#4(1942)

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J. D. Ebberly said

at 1:37 am on Jan 17, 2009

I am head-over-heels in LOVE with Twitter and this Wiki!! My friends think I'm crazy to love Twitter so much LOL!!

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Anna Morton said

at 7:23 pm on Jan 21, 2009

I downloaded twitter-tool...a widget from these pb-wiki pages to put this plug in into wordpress.. now just need to know how I install it into wordpress....any help most appreciated

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Mappdev said

at 5:34 am on Feb 11, 2009

SO uh, how does one go about rolling back a page?

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Cynthia Hollenbeck said

at 3:05 pm on Mar 5, 2009

How do I add my twitter followers to the profile????

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Chris Messina said

at 4:33 pm on Mar 12, 2009

Which page do you want reverted?

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Chris Messina said

at 4:34 pm on Mar 12, 2009

Try asking at help.twitter.com. This is only a fan wiki, not a support site.

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Jolene Blalock said

at 8:23 am on Mar 18, 2009

New to Twitter. Just discovered this site. Looks like a good place to dig in.

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phil said

at 7:50 pm on Mar 31, 2009

can I join the page please i love it

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Jenniferlauren said

at 12:34 pm on Apr 6, 2009

I'm liking the Twitter Fan Wiki. Could be a great resource. ;)

For those of you who can't get enough of Twitter, I wanted to also tell you about OneRiot’s Twitter search. Search results, for any query, reveal the relevant web pages that are currently being discussed within the Twitter community. Would love for you to check it out and give us your thoughts! http://twitter.oneriot.com

Here’s a link for some more details! Thanks!

http://tinyurl.com/cqku9w

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Shanice said

at 9:07 pm on Apr 17, 2009

I'm new 2 twitter. I'm trying 2 figure this thing out.lol.

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montana Flynn said

at 6:08 pm on Apr 19, 2009

Its ok Shanice a lot of people are new to twitter right now.

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victor adeosun said

at 9:50 am on Apr 28, 2009

I have being trying 2 get d best 4rom twitter but am getting there with some help l gat from friends.

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adriel said

at 12:37 pm on Apr 28, 2009

twiittter isss wayyy tittttt!

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holli railey said

at 4:10 am on May 13, 2009

I went to mc donalds in the drive through not knowing that there was going to be a delivery truck parked there making a dellivey.There was no cones there or any things there letting you know beware truck unloading. So to my not noing of this.I almost missed the drive way. I was mad, I ask the dilivery person to move the truck up. He said he would. Then I asked for the manager I had a run a round. So I pulled of to the side and parked then walked in. I then went in side and then told the inside lady top mananger to meet me outside wich she didn't wan't to do. When she met me out side.

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holli railey said

at 4:32 am on May 13, 2009

I told her about the situation at that time the driver did bring the truck up a little so when i did see it the back door . I did get to talk to the driver he was decient . The manager I didn't appreciate her attitute and brush off. For being a manager there I do believe she needs to go back to classes before one more hour in that store. She should have cones around the truck emediately before and after, bulling out. The driver and or someone is to do that. Each Mc Donalds My Be priivately owned . I tryed to email them this morning and they have not okay if my letter to them would be excepted but I don't want this over looked. I think beings paulsboro's Mc' Donald's Has there owns grown's they may not be able to be sited by the boro but . The manager also told me that it was a privilage for me and anyone else who wanted to drive throught the drive through. And we could use the walk in we that was here exact words. the driver was standing there when she said that. I don't want her fired I want her appology to me. I want her retrained. I want some cones up emmediately. and something done. please help. Paulsboro 856 423 4783 please call and complain.
http://www.mcdonalds.com/concactus.html

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holli railey said

at 9:35 am on May 13, 2009

The above e-mail address was incorrect there is many diffrent way's to blog on and say what you feel about my situation. If this was something that was not going to be addressed I couldn't see writing about this but when I was watching t.v I think it was the view one of the people who was representing this company and raving about it getting things done right away . This made me happy and want to log on two this website right away. It took me awhile cause I'm a little rusty but I got the job done And I was very proud of myself. I am still looking forward to finding out all I can about this website Mc Donald's has nothing to do with enjoying and wanting to know more. The thing that the view was speaking about was a person was in a diffrent state and had no one there to help him he was locked up. Someone that didn't even know him heard about this blogged someone else. And a lawyer had him out with in hours or a day. I though that was terrific and people should be more like this . That is why when This problem happened my first thing was to ask questions which I did. second to write to the e-mail which the deside who they allow to write them at www.mcdonalds.com. so what do you do in this case you know you disabled.

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holli railey said

at 10:27 am on May 13, 2009

How do you get them to make sure that they follow throught with safety cautions for everyone who drivers though the outside window. It should be mandatory that the cones are out when delivery's are made you know like wet floors caution. Or caution truck unloading caution around side they know the delivery is promptly twice and as the drive did slip out when he spoke to me there has already been 0ne accident on record already what else is it going to take. The peope are in a rush when the come to get there food when you make your turn you can not drive directly through the driveway it blocks have the lot. So that mean the car behind you is unaware that you are going to back up so that is two liabilitys not just what they are doing. This now means anyone in the car babys included will be cautioned to this accident happening not just one time but every car moving throught at every Mc Donalds That is having this same situation that i'm going through but I a gain can only speak for myself .
If there Is a lawyer that can have a voice for special rights I have disabilitys and I am not working I
am not trying to cause drama I dont want to see anyone go through this or get treated egnorantly by the manager like I did by being told that I did not need to drive throught the paulsboro drive throught because that was only a privilage not my choice even though I let her know I was disabled and I also had to get out of may car with a back problem and walk in and around that building she still dismissed the issue. When I returned home and thought about it that is when I was thinking of really trying to make this safer not a problem please help me in anyway
Hopeful and determined

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holli railey said

at 5:51 am on May 14, 2009

Please tell me what I need to do to have you permission. So I can be on here correctly. I will waIt a reasonable amount of time my email is hollywood148@verizon.net I'm very sorry If I miss stepped I thought you were just allowed to log in when you entered you e-mail and password. I didn't think It was anything diffrent

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holli railey said

at 4:39 am on May 15, 2009

I have logged in to this account and read up on the spam note and saved the comment. But what I wrote was not bashing in any way I did email both of my accounts and no one had the deciency to email me back. So I am asking you to please tell me way.This was in properly spoken. You are aloud to call me at home between9 to 5pm you do have my permission to not castise me but teach me the proper way of writing. I do know when I wrote these above notes I was very high strong and upset. But I don't appologize for anything at all for one thing that I said I stand by every word. I just appologize for the way I blasted it out. As I said there is so many things on these sites no one knows exactuallly how to address anything anymore. When I went to write to you back about all of this a couple of day's ago still no one even addressed me so does this mean that the note that shows at bottom of the page Is just a safety procaution so spaming is provented. Believe me I think that is great. But for me a person who is writting you who needs to be answered , so I can properly get things addressed by someone in charge . This is not helping me so please answer my email and I will be able to blog correctly. That is all I want to do.
Your prompt attention would be greatly needed.

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Tom Morris said

at 7:34 am on Jun 3, 2009

So much Twitter Fan Wiki spam from pointless marketing drones, so little time to clear it up. Can we have a filter on the wiki so if anyone puts the word "free" in bold and italics, they get permabanned? ;)

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Linda said

at 7:08 pm on Jun 5, 2009

I love twitter but have a question. I understand there would be limits to twitter because of spam. But for those of us who don't use it for business but to connect to others and chat about similar interests, why must we continually be put in what I call 'Twitter time out"? It happens more and more and myself and other people get frustrated with this. Is there not any kind of filter that could be used to differentiate between spam and actual conversations? Its just that its frustrating as heck.

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MUNAYKI PERU said

at 11:07 am on Jun 7, 2009

I love twitter, but I will love more if people plan their next trip to Peru. Come and visit mu wonderful country:) with munaykiperu.com

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The Luck Doctor said

at 3:25 am on Jun 10, 2009

I confess - I made a 100% error when I predicted Twitter would flitter out of site within no time.
Wrong!
Now, as I get to know Twitter I eat humble pie with every tweet.
We have a derogatory adjective in Australia to describe a lame brain person - Twirp.
I think Twirp is a good name to describe people who criticize Twitter without understanding it.

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NEO said

at 12:04 am on Jun 11, 2009

i had joined twitter few days ago, but found it's fabulous, getting many friend and their ideas, now found TWITTER FAN WIKI. It's just too good, thinking about to add my followers to this profile

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Bjoern said

at 7:17 am on Jun 11, 2009

The rss feed for changes seems to be broken, see validator results here: http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.pbworks.com%2Frss.xml
A lot of spam unfortunately, any ideas what to do against it? I take it I can not delete pages as a normal user?
Great resource otherwise!

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Thomas Sebastiani said

at 9:04 am on Jun 14, 2009

This is an excellent reference fo Twitter Tools

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xxxrachelroxxx said

at 11:18 pm on Jun 14, 2009

I have no idea where to begin!! Or what i'm doing!! I am an adult film star, what category would i be put in? Someone please guide me ... lol i feel like a newborn baby that just entered this dang hell hole we call the world... i mean 101 class for me.. i wanna know how to put myself out there.... Thank u for the time :)
R RoXXX

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Chris Messina said

at 4:43 pm on Jun 15, 2009

Hi R RoXXX. You could start by adding yourself to the Minor Celebrities page if you like.

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Johnny F. Allen said

at 8:18 am on Jun 16, 2009

I recently joined Twitter and a number of other social networking sites to gain a better understanding of the entire phenomenon and to find better ways for staff and faculty to utilize the technology. Chris, this is the most comprehensive site I have seen yet. Excellent work! Oops! Accidently posted this message to Quotes. I will get the hang of it :).

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xxXAngelrocksXxx said

at 5:58 pm on Jun 16, 2009

how do you get to the minor celeb page?

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Alejandro Rodríguez said

at 1:54 pm on Jun 17, 2009

chinguen a su madre !!! los tiuterianos

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xof7 said

at 5:30 am on Jun 19, 2009

Here is a interesting site.. http://www.twittergamebots.com. They make bots for playing various games on twitter, currently only 140 mafia, but still nice software.

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AllXClubbin.com said

at 9:16 am on Jun 20, 2009

Thank you for providing such a valuable service!

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Paul Forrest said

at 6:03 am on Jun 26, 2009

Can't figure out how to link this page to my blog post so here it is:http://articlewriterdotbiz.blogspot.com/

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