How to use Twitter?

[CAOMouse]

I have questions:
- How do we view comments? I saw a tweet that has 190 comments but when clicked it only says "type your reply here".
- I saw someone mention me in my "bell thing", but when clicked, I can't see the parent tweet, how to see the parent tweet?
- What is "retweet"? (square arrow thing)

[antimekii]

• How do we view comments? I saw a tweet that has 190 comments but when clicked it only says "type your reply here".

Clicking a post then scrolling down loads the replies(comments)

• I saw someone mention me in my "bell thing", but when clicked, I can't see the parent tweet, how to see the parent tweet?

Usually the parent tweet can be accessed by scrolling upwards from the clicked post. If it still can't be seen, the tweet must've been tweeted from a private account. AKA you can't see their tweets unless you follow one another

• What is "retweet"? (square arrow thing)

Retweeting is a form of sharing the post from your timeline into your profile.

Hope these info helps!

[CAOMouse]

Thank you, they are very helpful
One more thing, when we have 0 follower, what's the best thing to do next to gain follower? (Is it go around and reply to other famous tweet or post our own tweet with some famous hash tag,....)
And what kind of tweet should we post? (a picture of art, wip, ....??)

[byelacey]

there are "communities" on twitter, of a sort. people in the same industry tend to follow each other! webcomics twitter is small but pretty engaging! i think there was a thread here sometime back where people dropped their twitter handles, and twitter is pretty good at suggesting accounts within a community to follow!

a couple good accounts to start with finding webcomics folks: https://twitter.com/WebcomicLibrary
https://twitter.com/WebcomicUpdates

[hannahlaine]

Hashtags and post regularly.

[CodeMonkeyArts]

I am slightly terrified of using twitter but I may get some more attention so I shall bookmark this topic to use. Thank you to @CAOMouse for making this topic and also thank you to all the folks who answered!

[Shanny8]

I hear Twitter has super power

USED TO. Their new algorithm HATES artists...

One more thing, when we have 0 follower, what's the best thing to do next to gain follower?

Follow someone that you like and think are okay/pretty cool.

[CAOMouse]

Thanks guys, your answers are very helpful
Oh, is there a text limit per Tweet? I type too much and some text are colored red?

[CAOMouse]

And some Tweet that has picture but when I click, it sends me to another website, how to view just the images, not link?

[CAOMouse]

Should I put hashtag on my art when posting?
If yes, then which hashtag should I use? Is there limit to the number of hashtag?

[CAOMouse]

On the left (PC scene), is the "lists" button. What is it for? (its function?)
(Owned/Subscribed/Member are the sub buttons inside "lists" button)

[Shanny8]

Click on the picture itself the view the pic.

Depends. You can use any hashtag, but the point is to use a popular hashtag that is looked at by a large audience. If you're just doing standalone art pieces, you can use something like #drawingoftheday or something...but if you're actually showing some comics work you can use #makecomics.

Not sure what list section is...I dont even bother with it. I'm assuming that some of the people you follow may be members of a group, subscribed to a group or something, or owners of something...like I said, I'm not entirely sure of its nature so I dont bother with it.

[CAOMouse]

Thank you, Shanny8