Some of the Best Features of Twitter that Everyone Should Know

While the popular microblogging website Twitter may seem simple, it, like all other social media websites, has a number of features. Let's take a look at some of the best features of Twitter that everyone should know.

Feed

As soon as we enter Twitter, we start seeing what comes in the feed. But Twitter actually has two feeds - one contains the tweets of all the people who follow and the other is the top tweets selected by the Twitter algorithm.

Top tweets are displayed on Twitter by default. After entering Twitter, you will see the sparkle icon in the top corner of the screen. If you tap on this icon, select "See latest tweets instead" and you will see the tweets of all the following people in chronological order.

Advanced Search

If you use Twitter regularly, you must have used the search feature. However, this search tool is so powerful that it is possible to find anything using it. Using Twitter search, you can find tweets of a specific user, tweets with a specific keyword, tweets without a specific keyword, tweets from a specific place, etc. 

Use Advanced Search to find specific content on Twitter. To access the Advanced Search feature, visit: https://twitter.com/search-advanced link. Then you will see a search form, which you can use to find any content on Twitter through search. 

Moments

The Twitter Moments feature brings together similar posts related to a specific topic, event or any other way. The Twitter Moments feature can be compared to the Instagram Story Highlights.

The same thing can be done in one place using Twitter Moments. You can see Moments by entering Twitter and going to More option from the menu. Then you can create new moments by entering the option and clicking Create New.

Threads

Only 260 characters can be used per tweet. However, 260 characters is not enough to describe a subject well. Twitter threads come in handy when you need more than 260 characters to tell a story.

The celebration of multiple tweets of the same type is called Twitter threads. Threads can be created when creating tweets on Twitter. To post in the form of threads on Twitter, enter the tweet option.

Then, after composing a tweet, click on the plus (+) icon next to the Tweet button to add another tweet to the same thread. After posting, all the tweets in the thread will be displayed at once. Again, all tweets will be posted at the same time.

Spaces

Twitter spaces are live audio conversations on Twitter. It's basically called the audio version of Facebook or Instagram Live. Anyone can host spaces on Twitter and anyone can join the space as a listener.

The Twitter spaces feature can only be hosted on mobile. However, to listen to the space can be joined from any device such as mobile or desktop. When someone hosts a Twitter space, that space appears in the top feed of the mobile app. You can join any space as a listener or speaker.

Reactions to live conversations can also be provided through emojis. You can also request to be a speaker by joining again as a listener. In addition, the space host will be able to pin tweets to any hosted space.

The things that the Twitter space creator can control are: select speakers, mute speakers, remove someone from space, send invitations to join space via message, and so on.

Pinned Tweets

Any post can be pinned on Twitter profile like Facebook page. The pinned post will appear at the top of your profile. You can use the pinned tweet feature to highlight your best tweets in front of your followers or to inform them about something important.

Only self-posted tweets can be pinned. To pin a tweet, select "Pin to your profile" from the tweet option. Then click on the Pin option to confirm the pinning of the tweet.

Lists

Lists are one of the great features of Twitter. If you use Twitter regularly, it is natural that you will follow many active Twitter accounts. Now the problem is that the desired tweets may get lost in the crowd of numerous tweets posted at the same time. 

If there are some accounts whose tweets you do not want to miss, then you can bring them together through the tweet lists feature of those Twitter accounts. The Lists feature can be accessed from the Twitter sidebar. Then you can create a new Twitter list by clicking on the plus note icon at the top.

Any user can be added to the Twitter list. Twitter lists can be compared to many Facebook groups. However, instead of the specific posts made by the user, all the posts are displayed in the feed, besides the list created by others and you can follow if you want.