Twitter is a place where news is broken, links are shared, and memes are born. It’s also a place for chatting with friends. Yet unlike Facebook, Twitter is public by default. And that’s not a bad thing.
It means your jokes can go viral (if they’re funny) and in addition to your friends, you can interact with your favorite journalists, athletes, artists, or political figures, all in the same space. Starting with the basics, today will know how to create a Twitter account on the phone.
Steps to make a Twitter account on mobile:
- Open the Twitter website or download its app (available on the Play Store or iOS) both have sign-up options.
- Fill out your name and phone number/email address. Make sure to use your real one as the next step will ask you to verify.
- Enter the verification number that you received at whatever contact information you put in in Step 1. Choose a password. Make it strong, and please, for the love of God, don’t use “dragon” like everyone else.
- Choose whether you’d like to sync your contacts. This may help you find Twitter followers you know, but if you don’t want to, just hit “not now.”
- Search for interests, this will help Twitter recommend good profiles for you to follow.
- Twitter will provide you with some accounts you can follow based on your interests. Pick out a few you like. If you see them start you feed off on the right foot.
- You’re in! Simply click on the blue button on the top right to tweet, the grey silhouette on the top left to change your profile picture and settings, and get tweeting!
